Question on Virtual PC network firewall requirement

[jgrobertson]

I installed XP in a Virtual PC under Vista 64.

I set up the networking in the Virtual PC to use "Shared Network (NAT) option on Adapter 1:

On Vista 64 I use the MS firewall and AVAST AV. I set the network in Vista to Allow other computers to connect to internet though the LAN.

Do I need to run a separate firewall in XP on the Virtual PC or does the internet traffic to the Virtual PC go through the Vista firewall?

[jdhurst]

Since you are using NAT, the traffic is going through the real, physical Host firewall. So you don't need an additional firewall in the NAT'd virtual machine (at least I don't firewall my NAT'd machines). ... JDH