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Re: Unable to set static IP addresses on guests using non-bridged NICs

by Contributor in VMware Fusion Discussions
‎10-29-2023 01:36 AM
‎10-29-2023 01:36 AM
That seems to work.  The one caveat is that it seems like you may need to quit and restart Fusion. It would be nice if there were a way to set this through the regular UI.

Re: Unable to set static IP addresses on guests using non-bridged NICs

by Contributor in VMware Fusion Discussions
‎10-28-2023 06:04 PM
‎10-28-2023 06:04 PM
That is similar to the method mentioned in an old VMWare KB article (1026510); however that article does not indicate the solution is valid for VMWare Fusion 12 or later.  There are a variety of post... See more...
That is similar to the method mentioned in an old VMWare KB article (1026510); however that article does not indicate the solution is valid for VMWare Fusion 12 or later.  There are a variety of postings on this site and others mentioning the problem, including at least one with a response by a VMWare employee indicating that VMWare was required by Apple to discontinue use of the independent virtual DHCP server in macOS 11 (Big Sur) and later.  Unfortunately, I never saw an officially endorsed procedure for newer combinations of VMWare and macOS.  The unofficial suggestions that I saw from a few years ago (when Big Sur was new) refer to changing files that I don't have on my system, so I suspect that Apple changed something (again) after Big Sur.

Unable to set static IP addresses on guests using non-bridged NICs

by Contributor in VMware Fusion Discussions
‎10-28-2023 03:08 AM
‎10-28-2023 03:08 AM
I've got Fusion 13.5 Pro on a laptop, and I'm trying to prototype a process that will configure and install several client guest machines. As part of the process, it will be important the the differ... See more...
I've got Fusion 13.5 Pro on a laptop, and I'm trying to prototype a process that will configure and install several client guest machines. As part of the process, it will be important the the different VM guests can reliably talk to each other, and these machines need node-to-node IP communication. The problem is that I can't see any was using Fusion 13.5 on Ventura or newer to reserve "specified" IP addresses for a specific guest NIC if I use either sharing/natting or private networks. So, how do I configure the system so that it can reserve IP addresses (as well as other aspects of the DHCP protocol, such as specifying default routes, lease times, etc.)??? This question seems to be a popular one; however none of the answers that I have found have been up to date to work. Current OS is 13.6.1 but considering major version upgrade soon.

Fusion and LAG/LACP

by Contributor in VMware Fusion Discussions
‎12-07-2021 03:46 AM
‎12-07-2021 03:46 AM
Is there any way to simulate any form of network bonding, such as link aggregation groups (LAG) or link aggregation control protocol (LACP/IEEE 802.3ad) with the desktop products, such as Fusion 12 P... See more...
Is there any way to simulate any form of network bonding, such as link aggregation groups (LAG) or link aggregation control protocol (LACP/IEEE 802.3ad) with the desktop products, such as Fusion 12 Pro (or Workstation)?  I see a way to add multiple network interfaces to a guest, but I don't see any way to configure any sort of bonding in the guest settings.  When I tried to configure LACP on a Ubuntu 20.04 guest, the system wouldn't do any network communication at all on the bonded interfaces (even to simulate a bonded interface where all but one of the ports on the remote switch had stopped working).  I usually like to do almost all of the initial guest image creation on a Mac desktop/laptop system because that's a whole lot more pleasant than having to do it in a server room or deal with network lag of trying to do a remote virtual console to a server (e.g. ESXi) machine.
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