You are correct I did ask for this
To confirm what I am trying to achieve is the follwing.
I have client software on the host and server software on the VM(s). In the configuration of the client and server applications, static IP address need to be entered of all known computers for communication over IP
This is my work laptop and I travel a lot planes, trains and cannot not always have an active network connection on my laptop, if I have no active network connection then my host has no IP address assigned.
With my windows laptop because of the restriction on having an active network connection, I create a loopback adapter on the host which I assign a static IP address to, this loopback adapter is always active. I then assign a static IP address to the VM(s).
Now I can ping over IP from the host to the VM (s), and the VM(s) can ping one another.
Is the above achievable with OSX, or do I keep using bootcamp with Windows and VM player?
As a workaround when traveling I create a hot spot on my phone and connect the wifi on my host to this hot spot, but this a work around, which I want to avoid.