I need to configure a custom host-only network (with no Fusion-managed DHCP) so that the host does not have the .1 address.
I had no trouble changing the network itself by editing /Library/Preferences/VMware Fusion/networking, but it looks like the following answer doesn't do what I need, at least anymore:
answer VNET_2_HOSTONLY_HOSTADDR 10.172.160.222
After closing and reopening VMWare Fusion, ifconfig vmnet2 on my host shows:
vmnet2: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
ether 00:50:56:c0:00:02
inet 10.172.160.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 10.172.160.255
I did pull that answer line from examples for advanced configuration of some very old version of Fusion, so I'm not surprised that something's changed, but I really need to know how to change this. I simply cannot do what I need to with my host taking the ".1" address on my host-only networks.
