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+<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
+<!DOCTYPE topic PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DITA Topic//EN" "topic.dtd">
+<topic xml:lang="en-us" id="settings-network">
+  <title>Network Settings</title>
+  
+  <body>
+    <p>
+      The <b outputclass="bold">Network</b> section in a virtual
+      machine's <b outputclass="bold">Settings</b> window enables
+      you to configure how Oracle VM VirtualBox presents virtual network cards
+      to your VM, and how they operate.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      When you first create a virtual machine, Oracle VM VirtualBox by default
+      enables one virtual network card and selects the Network Address
+      Translation (NAT) mode for it. This way the guest can connect to
+      the outside world using the host's networking and the outside
+      world can connect to services on the guest which you choose to
+      make visible outside of the virtual machine.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      This default setup is good for the majority of Oracle VM VirtualBox
+      users. However, Oracle VM VirtualBox is extremely flexible in how it can
+      virtualize networking. It supports many virtual network cards per
+      virtual machine. The first four virtual network cards can be
+      configured in detail in VirtualBox Manager. Additional network cards can
+      be configured using the <userinput>VBoxManage</userinput> command.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      Many networking options are available. See
+      <xref href="networkingdetails.dita#networkingdetails"/> for more information.
+    </p>
+  </body>
+  
+</topic>