Networking with VWare Fusion

[striderno9]

I'm using Fusion 13 on an M2 Mac running Ventura. I can use my VM using the shared network options on the Mac but what I want to do is setup multiple VMs on the same private network for testing purposes but there are almost no options other than use a Private network which when I do kills any connectivity I have. Anyone have any broad ideas of whats wrong here? Ive been able to do this on Virtualbox in the past but having trouble on VMware Fusion. 

[Technogeezer · Accepted solution]

Are you running Fusion 13 Player or Pro?

Here's a brief summary of the two relevant default network types for Fusion Player:

• "Share with my Mac" setting is a independent virtual NAT network. Hosts assigned to this virtual network are on an isolated network segment (although the host has an IP address on this network so the host can be directly accessed). They have access to the outside world through the NAT gateway that Fusion provides for the network. DHCP services are provided by Fusion to VMs that are connected to this network.
• "Private to my Mac" is another independent virtual network like the "Share with my Mac", but has no NAT connectivity to the outside world or to the host. 

Fusion 13 Pro allows you to configure additional custom networks in its preferences:

The custom networks have their own virtual network segments with their own IP address ranges and subnet mask, and can be more specifically configured to:

• allow/disallow the host to access the network segment
• define a NAT gateway to the host's visible networks
• provide/not provide DHCP services to hosts on the custom network.

[striderno9]

Hey, thanks for the reply. I guess I'm using Fusion Player because I don't have the network option in my VMware settings.