Lazy create Windows NAT net adapter
This script works on PowerShell >= 4.
Tested on Windows 10.
#ps1 $switchName = "VMInternalSwitch" $natNetwork = "NATNetwork" $subnet = "192.168.137.0/24" # Create VM Switch New-VMSwitch -SwitchName $switchName -SwitchType Internal # Get VMswitch associated net adapter index $index = (Get-NetAdapter -Name "*($switchName)").IfIndex # Create the gateway New-NetIPAddress -IPAddress (($subnet -split "/")[0]).replace(".0",".1") -PrefixLength (($subnet -split "/")[1]) -InterfaceIndex $index # Get the nat network and remove if it exists -- needs confirmation Get-NetNat | Remove-NetNat -Confirm:$true # Create and configure the NAT Network New-NetNat -Name $natNetwork -InternalIPInterfaceAddressPrefix $subnet