# See: https://www.petri.com/using-nat-virtual-switch-hyper-v If ("NATSwitch" -in (Get-VMSwitch | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Name) -eq $FALSE) { 'Creating Internal-only switch named "NATSwitch" on Windows Hyper-V host...' New-VMSwitch -SwitchName "NATSwitch" -SwitchType Internal New-NetIPAddress -IPAddress 192.168.38.1 -PrefixLength 24 -InterfaceAlias "vEthernet (NATSwitch)" New-NetNAT -Name "NATNetwork" -InternalIPInterfaceAddressPrefix 192.168.38.0/24 } else { '"NATSwitch" for static IP configuration already exists; skipping' } If ("192.168.38.1" -in (Get-NetIPAddress | Select-Object -ExpandProperty IPAddress) -eq $FALSE) { 'Registering new IP address 192.168.38.1 on Windows Hyper-V host...' New-NetIPAddress -IPAddress 192.168.38.1 -PrefixLength 24 -InterfaceAlias "vEthernet (NATSwitch)" } else { '"192.168.38.1" for static IP configuration already registered; skipping' } If ("192.168.38.0/24" -in (Get-NetNAT | Select-Object -ExpandProperty InternalIPInterfaceAddressPrefix) -eq $FALSE) { 'Registering new NAT adapter for 192.168.38.0/24 on Windows Hyper-V host...' New-NetNAT -Name "NATNetwork" -InternalIPInterfaceAddressPrefix 192.168.38.0/24 } else { '"192.168.38.0/24" for static IP configuration already registered; skipping' }