I'd strongly suggest you read chapter 7 "Configuring Network Connections" in Getting Started with VMware Player (PDF).
The bottom line is configuring network connections in a Guest OS in a Virtual Machine is basically no different then configuring it on Physical Machines so act accordingly. Also if you do not know how to and or do not understand basic networking then I'd suggest you use Google as there are more then enough tutorials and examples on how the network computers and it's senseless to reinvent the wheel, so to speak, here repeating what is already available online!