Saturday, December 2, 2017

Where is the gateway IP address with NAT on VMware Fusion?

(1) check NAT network assigned by ifcofig


% ifconfig
......
vmnet1: flags=8863 mtu 1500
ether xxxxx
inet 192.168.167.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.167.255
vmnet8: flags=8863 mtu 1500
ether xxxxx
inet 192.168.154.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.154.255
......

vmnet1 is for host-only network. now, I use vmne8 (NAT) network to fix geteway IP of the VM.




(2) check vmnet8 config file


find gateway address on /Library/Preferences/VMware Fusion/vmnet8

/Library/Preferences/VMware Fusion/vmnet8
% cat nat.conf
# VMware NAT configuration file
# Manual editing of this file is not recommended. Using UI is preferred.
 
[host]
 
# NAT gateway address
ip = 192.168.154.2  # <== here!
netmask = 255.255.255.0
 
# VMnet device if not specified on command line
device = vmnet8

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