After performing a minimal installation of CentOS 6.3 in VMware, I found that the network could not be connected whether VMware was set to shared or bridged mode. I searched online for methods to set up CentOS under VMware Workstation, but they did not apply to VMware Fusion on macOS. After some trial and error, I discovered that configuring the CentOS network under Fusion is quite simple. Here’s how:

  1. Set VMware to bridged network mode.

  2. Change the network card settings:

    $ vi /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0

    Modify the values as follows:

    BOOTPROTO="dhcp" // Use DHCP to configure the IP address  
ONBOOT="yes" // Enable the device at startup

  3. Restart the network service:

    $ service network restart

  4. Check the network:

    $ ifconfig

    Verify whether the device eth0 has been assigned the correct IP and whether the network can be pinged successfully.