# DockerDesktopVM's network adapter

**URL:** <https://forums.docker.com/t/dockerdesktopvms-network-adapter/90274>\
**Category:** Docker Desktop\
**Tags:** windows\
**Created:** [March 9, 2020, 6:54am UTC](https://forums.docker.com/t/dockerdesktopvms-network-adapter/90274 "2020-03-09T06:54:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![ghcho20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d78d45/32.png) [@ghcho20](https://forums.docker.com/u/ghcho20)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2020, 6:54am UTC](https://forums.docker.com/t/dockerdesktopvms-network-adapter/90274/1 "2020-03-09T06:54:05Z")

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Hi experts,  
Afraid I’ve exhausted all my options and can’t help but to seek help in this forum.

Just upgraded to Docker Desktop for Windows v2.2.0 and found no DockerNAT amont NICs.  
I saw a reply that DockerNAT is removed now thanks to better file sharing. So far, so good.

What I don’t understand is DockerDesktopVM has no network adapter(vSwitch) attached.

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/docker/original/3X/8/1/819c7bc274873ed043ff4bc5214e625f16cb2f01.png)  
But evertying works fine with containers on a bridge network.  
I’d really appreciate any clarification/advice about what’s going on under the hood.  
How can VM communicate inside/outside without any Hyper-V switch ?

Thank you so much for help.

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**Author:** ![samueluk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/docker/user_avatar/forums.docker.com/samueluk/32/33013_2.png) [@samueluk](https://forums.docker.com/u/samueluk)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2022, 4:16pm UTC](https://forums.docker.com/t/dockerdesktopvms-network-adapter/90274/2 "2022-09-26T16:16:06Z")

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Sorry to necropost, but did you ever get an understanding of this? I have the same understanding gap and it’s driving me bananas…

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**Author:** ![samueluk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/docker/user_avatar/forums.docker.com/samueluk/32/33013_2.png) [@samueluk](https://forums.docker.com/u/samueluk)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2022, 6:22pm UTC](https://forums.docker.com/t/dockerdesktopvms-network-adapter/90274/3 "2022-09-26T18:22:16Z")

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To reply to my own post here - i _think_ i have wokred out that docker desktop now uses HVsockets to communicate between windows host and docker desktop vm / docker engine.