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title: "Building Your Home Cybersecurity Lab for Pentesting: Part 2 — Setting Up the Network Using VirtualBox and VMware Workstation"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/building-your-home-cybersecurity-lab-for-pentesting-part-2-setting-up-the-network-using-virtualbo-ld5r4iujf
source_url: https://systemweakness.com/building-your-home-cybersecurity-lab-part-2-setting-up-the-network-using-virtualbox-and-vmware-999bd6c4a86d
type: article
source: "System Weakness"
published: 2024-12-30T12:37:07.243Z
updated: 2026-03-15T07:02:44.972Z
tags: ["cyber", "networking", "pentesting", "vmware"]
reading_time: 4
upvotes: 0
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# Building Your Home Cybersecurity Lab for Pentesting: Part 2 — Setting Up the Network Using VirtualBox and VMware Workstation

**[System Weakness](https://daily.dev/sources/systemweakness)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

Learn how to set up the network environment for a cybersecurity home lab using VirtualBox and VMware Workstation. This guide covers the creation of a Host-Only Network Adapter in VirtualBox, configuring the DHCP server, and linking VMware Workstation with VirtualBox VMs to enable seamless communication for penetration testing. Follow detailed steps to ensure your VMs are well-connected, and get ready to explore further in upcoming parts of the series.

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Tags: [#cyber](https://daily.dev/tags/cyber), [#networking](https://daily.dev/tags/networking), [#pentesting](https://daily.dev/tags/pentesting), [#vmware](https://daily.dev/tags/vmware)

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