See VMWare documentation on network types ("Understanding Common Networking Configurations").

To see networks, use the Virtual Network Editor (run as admin). (help)

2018-08-06 - super simple to connect to network, as it turns out!

To switch, just change the VM settings to NAT; set up a differnt Linux wiored network connection ("NAT?") with DHCP, and log in and select that.

To update:

Start the Virtual Network Editor, find or create a new network adapter that is NAT.
Change the VM's network settings to use this adapter (under Custom)
Start/restart the VM
Under System, Administration, Network, "Edit" the "Wired connection 1", set to DHCP instead of static address
Set the DNS servers: 10.4.14.10, 10.6.14.10 (as of 2016-03)
Apply
Under System, Administration, Server Settings, Services, go to Network and restart
Test internet connect with Firefox (Applications => Internet)
To Add or Remove, go to Applications, Add/Remove Software
To update Centos:
1. su
2. yum clean all
3. yum update, then reboot
Alternatively, go to Applications, System Tools, Software Updater (but this does not update the version, say 6.6 to 6.7)
Change back to static IP (System, Administration, Network, "Edit" the Wired connection 1 device)
Change the VM settings back to the Host-Only virtiaul network adapter, restart

Note: you can do a version check with

cat /etc/redhat-release

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