On 10 Jan 2025, IB Joe said the following...
 
 IJ> I need a little help.  I am mot proficient in OS2... a hack at best... I
 IJ> have a VM setup with ArcaOS and I want to set it up with a static IP.

network config is in C:\MPTN\BIN\setup.cmd

you will need to comment out the line 

dhcpstrt -i lan0

and uncomment/change the lan0 line:

ifconfig lan0 192.168.1.123 netmask 255.255.255.0 metric 0 mtu 1500
                    ^--- your static ip

this will get you on the local network

and for your router, add at the bottom of the file:

route add default 192.168.1.1 -hopcount 1
                    ^--- your router

reboot to test it works every time

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/12/25 (Windows/32)