Creating a virtual network screenshots

Step 1: Setting the scene

The first stage of the installation outlines what information the wizard will be collecting from the user over the steps which follow.

Step 2: Naming the network

All virtual networks need to have a name, so that's the first piece of information collected from the user.

Step 3: Selecting IPv4 address range

Each network needs to be assigned a range of network addresses from one of the IPv4 private address ranges. This is done by entering the network address and prefix length, or netmask.

Step 4: Choosing DHCP address pool

From the IPv4 address range, approximately half of the addresses are given to the DHCP server, which will then hand them out to guest virtual machines upon request. The other half are available for administrators to manually configure guests with.

Step 5: Forwarding to the physical network

A virtual network can run in completely isolated mode, or may forward traffic to the physical LAN, applying NAT to addresses.

Step 6: Summary of parameters

Prior to creating the virtual network, a summary of parameters is displayed to allow the user to review the config one last time.