Merge pull request #12209 from soapy1/networking-assumptions-docs

Add some docs for networking assumptions
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@ -38,3 +38,15 @@ only the high-level networking options until you are comfortable
with the Vagrant workflow and have things working at a basic level.
Provider-specific network configuration can very quickly lock you out
of your guest machine if improperly done.
## Networking Assumptions
### There is a NAT availble
Vagrant assumes there is an available NAT device on eth0. This ensures
that Vagrant always has a way of communicating with the guest machine.
It is possible to change this manually (outside of Vagrant), however,
this may lead to inconsistent behavior.
Providers might have additional assumptions. For example, in VirtualBox,
this assumption means that network adapter 1 is a NAT device.