This article is now in my blog here:
In addition, sometimes the clock-speed is too slow or fast inside the VMs - this is a known problem with the following workaround:
In VMWare Fusion (for Mac) setting up static dhcp addresses is done for NAT'd vms by:
1. Edit the dhcp configuration file:
File: "/Library/Application Support/VMware Fusion/vmnet8/dhcpd.conf"
Example:
... (start of the file has the default dynamic allocation) ...
option routers 0.0.0.0;
}
####### VMNET DHCP Configuration. End of "DO NOT MODIFY SECTION" #######
host some-host {
hardware ethernet 00:0c:29:e4:d1:aa;
fixed-address 172.16.72.10;
}
host another-host {
hardware ethernet 00:0c:29:dd:af:ff;
fixed-address 172.16.72.11;
}
2. Restart the VMWare services
$ sudo /Library/Application\ Support/VMware\ Fusion/boot.sh --restart