Hi Listers, Firstly, I'd like to thank all who responded to my question regarding backup, which leads me to the following situation: For those who use, or have used VMware workstation, I have a NAS that has 2 network interfaces. The first interface is used to connect to the Internet over a powerline adapter. The second interface is directly connected to my PC for fast file transfers. I've assigned the second interface an IP of 169.254.100.100 which is in the autoconfiguration range. On my host, I am able to access my nas, However, I'd like to access my nas directly from a virtual machine using VMware workstation. I've added a network of VMNet2 I've bridged VMNet 2 the physical NIC which is connected to my NAS. I've added a virtual NIC under the settings for the specific VM. in the VM, under IPV4, I've given the virtual NIC a static IP in the 169.254.100 range and set the gateway to point to the same IP of the second interface on my nas. I can ping my NAS, but can't access it in file explorer. I'm not sure what I might be doing wrong? Help would be much appreciated. Kind Regards