Port Forwarding to a VMware Workstation. Port Forward VM machine.
On Windows, you can access the Virtual Network Editor.
From there you can select the NAT interface (VMnet8),
click "NAT settings", and get to the point where you can set up a port forward to your VM.
My VM hosting Physical machine IP 192.168.10.240 and I want to use 8001 Port. http://192.168.10.240:8001
My VM gust ip is 10.10.11.128 and nginx server open by 80 port.
NAT Workflow:
192.168.10.240:8001 ==== 10.10.11.128:80
It works similarly to the NAT port forwarding setup on a typical router.
Bridge mode is an easy workaround but I'm in an environment where we don't want anyone attaching VMs to the network willy-nilly. NAT makes more sense to keep things isolated.