VMWare Fusion Networking Concepts

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Overview

In the default configuration, the VMs get the IP address for their network interface over DHCP, which can be configured in /Library/Preferences/VMware Fusion/vmnet8/dhcpd.conf. Fusion performs the NAT so the VMs can access the host's gateway.

This is the procedure to configure the DHCP server to serve a static address:

Configure DHCP to Serve a Static Address

Networking CLI Tool

/Applications/VMware Fusion.app/Contents/Library/vmnet-cli