On VMWare Workstation, I get an error when attempting to modify the subnet mask to class B or 255.255.0.0 a newly established Host-Only network. Here is a post with more flushed out explanation on the topic.
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Adding the entire post to provide consistency
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I have followed the instructions from the VMware page that explains how to Add a Host-Only Virtual Network to my configurations, but I also want to change the subnet mask for my new interface. I have tried to follow the instructions provided from another doc, but I get an error when attempting to modify the subnet mask to class B or 255.255.0.0. For instance, the network settings I want to use are within the range 10.8.241.0/16. This works with no problem in VirtualBox:
however, I receive the error notice win Vmware when I attempt to apply the same kind of settings:
Does anyone know why this is the case? I am not aware of any network files that I could manually modify on a Windows 10 host machine as described in Linux systems from here or here