VMWare Fusion - Reset Networking

vmware_fusion_reset_networking.sh

#!/bin/bash
# Reset VMware Fusion Networking

# Clear out the Configuration
sudo rm -f /Library/Preferences/VMware\ Fusion/networking*
sudo rm -f /Library/Preferences/VMware\ Fusion/*location*
sudo rm -rf /Library/Preferences/VMware\ Fusion/vmnet*
sudo rm -rf /var/db/vmware/vmnet-dhcpd-vmnet*

# Reconfigure Networking
sudo /Applications/VMware\ Fusion.app/Contents/Library/vmnet-cli -c
sudo /Applications/VMware\ Fusion.app/Contents/Library/vmnet-cli --stop
sudo /Applications/VMware\ Fusion.app/Contents/Library/vmnet-cli --start
sudo /Applications/VMware\ Fusion.app/Contents/Library/vmnet-cli --status

If we need to remove the localdomain from the DHCP configuration (Slow Gem installs)

Add to /Library/Preferences/VMware\ Fusion/networking

answer VNET_1_DHCP_PARAM_DOMAIN_NAME ""
answer VNET_8_DHCP_PARAM_DOMAIN_NAME ""

Unfortunately, doing it this way does not stick around. Ideally, we'd set it via the CLI, which would probably help it persist. Not sure what the param is actually called though
vmnet-cfgcli setdhcpparam vmnet8 'searchdomain' ''

thanks!