Change Network Settings In VMWare Fusion

If you want to change the Subnets used by VMWare Fusion, there seems to be no way in the GUI. So you have to do it form the command-line. Here's how I changed the subnet used by my VMWare Fusion on my MacBook.

1. Open Terminal, or X11 to access the Mac OS command-line and enter the following commands:

   cd /Library/Application\ Support/VMware\ Fusion/ sudo ./vmnet-cli --stop Stopped DHCP service on vmnet1 Disabled hostonly virtual adapter on vmnet1 Stopped DHCP service on vmnet8 Stopped NAT service on vmnet8 Disabled hostonly virtual adapter on vmnet8 Stopped all configured services on all networks sudo cp -p locations locations.old

2. Edit the locations file with your favorite editor:
   

   sudo vi locations

3. Change the subnet highlighted in yellow to whatever subnet you need to use.
   

   remove_answer VNET_8_HOSTONLY_HOSTADDR remove_answer VNET_8_HOSTONLY_NETMASK

   answer VNET_8_HOSTONLY_HOSTADDR 192.168.246.1

   answer VNET_8_HOSTONLY_NETMASK 255.255.255.0 remove_answer VNET_8_NAT answer VNET_8_NAT yes remove_answer VNET_8_DHCP answer VNET_8_DHCP yes

4. Save the locations file with your updates.
5. Use vmnet-cli to re-configure and re-start the network.
   

   sudo ./vmnet-cli --configure Stopped all configured services on all networks Restored network settings sudo ./vmnet-cli --start Started DHCP service on vmnet1 Enabled hostonly virtual adapter on vmnet1 Started DHCP service on vmnet8 Started NAT service on vmnet8 Enabled hostonly virtual adapter on vmnet8 Started all configured services on all networks

6. And your subnet should be updated!