We should now be able to ping the VM from the Mac and also ping the Mac from the VM using its address of 198.18.0.1.Ubuntu is among the popular operating systems used for production and development purposes. Now when running ifconfig we can see the adapter is configured: The netplan config in Ubuntu 18.04 would look like the following: Advertisements

Let’s say we wanted to assign an IP of 198.18.0.11 to the new network adapter of the VM.

The network address of the custom VMware Fusion network the adapter is connected to is 198.18.0.0 and the subnet mask is 255.255.255.0. In the example above, the network adapter is named ens38. Run ifconfig -a to find the name of the new network adapter. We’ll configure it in the following steps. How to assign a static IP to UbuntuĪfter running ifconfig, you’ll notice the new network adapter is not configured. In most cases, you’ll want to use a shared or private network with the Mac.Ĭlose the Settings screen and power on the VM. You only ever need to use bridged networking if you have a device on your network that needs to access this VM. Note: Bridged networking allows the VM to be connected to your LAN in the same way the Mac is. We’ll see how to do this manually in the final step. Since DHCP is not enabled, VMs connected to this network will not be assigned an IP address automatically. In the following example, we’ll connect the network adapter to a custom network which has NAT enabled and no DHCP service. VMware Fusion * network you want the network adapter connected to.

Right click on the VM and click Settings….

Add network adapter to a VMware Fusion VM VMware Fusion *, you’ll notice it has a single network adapter configured to share the internet with the Mac. When you first create a Windows or Ubuntu VM with This tutorial will show you how to add extra network adapters to VMware Fusion VMs with an example of how to configure them in Ubuntu once added. Perfect for development environments and practice labs. Run Linux, macOS, vSphere and more on a single PC or Mac. Run Multiple Operating Systems on PC and Macĭownload VMware's Powerful desktop virtualization tool for Developers and IT Professionals.

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