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Connect and Set Up the Network Adapter
You can connect the virtual network adapter for the virtual machine and set the type of networking to use.
Prerequisites
Fusion does not support bridged networking to a VPN. If you have set a VPN to have the top priority in
your Mac system preferences, lower its priority if you intend to use bridged networking with autodetect in
your virtual machine.
Procedure
1 Select Window > Virtual Machine Library.
2 Select a virtual machine in the Virtual Machine Library window and click Settings.
3 Under Removable Devices in the Settings window, click Network Adapter.
4 Select the Connect Network Adapter check box.
Fusion retains and reapplies the setting you select when you start up the virtual machine.
5 Select the networking type.
Option Description
Share with my Mac The virtual machine does not have its own IP address on the external network.
The virtual machine obtains a private IP address from the VMware virtual DHCP
server.
Bridged Networking items You see various choices for bridging to one of the network interfaces on your
Mac, including wireless and Ethernet. Using one of these options is often the
easiest way to give your virtual machine access to a network.
When you select any of the network types other than Autodetect, you can click
System Preferences to see details of the physical network settings for your host
system.
Private to my Mac The virtual machine is connected only to the host operating system, using a
virtual private network, which is not visible outside your Mac.
Assign a MAC Address to a Virtual Machine Manually
You can assign a MAC address manually if you need to ensure that the same MAC address is always
assigned to the virtual network adaptor for a virtual machine.
Assign a MAC address manually instead of allowing Fusion to assign it to be sure that the following
situations occur:
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The same MAC address is always assigned to the virtual network adaptor for a given virtual machine,
even if the virtual machine is moved.
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A unique MAC address for each virtual machine within a networked environment
When a physical machine is converted to a virtual machine, the MAC address of the network adapter is
changed. For software in which the licensing is linked to the MAC address, this can be a problem.
Manually assigning the correct MAC address is the solution.
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