[PLUG] IP address for a virtual machine?

[John Jason Jordan]

I am trying to get a virtual Windows machine to see my HDHomeRun TV
tuner, but it fails. I think the problem is that, while the host has an
IP address set up in my router, the guest Windows machine does not. The
Windows machine can surf the web and see other devices on the network
(mine and the internet), but the HDHomeRun device requires that the
machine it is on have an IP address.

I could set up an IP address for the Windows machine if it had a MAC
address or some other way to identify it to the router. Any suggestions?