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I have a Arris TG862 cable modem and this modem have 4 Ethernet ports and each of those ports will give you a valid Dynamic IP, not a IP like 192, 10., etc...

Up to how many IP's it can serve without complaining I have no idea, but those 4 ports will definitively serve me a dynamic IP any time I plug anything in.

What I would like to know is if there is a way to retrieve multiple IP's from a single network card on windows 7?

I know its possible with Linux and perhaps there is a simple way to achieve the same on windows?

The goal is to use those IP's on VMs from the host.

Much alike what is being done on the update of this answer https://superuser.com/a/344738/49575 for windows.

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If it is possible **, you simply need to setup bridge networking to virtual interfaces.

VMWare comes with bridging when installed. You just need to configure the VM's to use it on the primary ethernet adapter connected directly to the physical switch.

** This may not be possible if your ISP limits the number of IP addresses to one per port (not common).

If you want to do the same with Windows directly (no VM software), you still need a third party driver (unless you're running Windows Server).

See this answer on ServerFault: Any way to make a virtual bridged network adapter in windows? Like VMware has?

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