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How to setup Nat and host-only networking with VirtualBox?
In virtualbox, enable both NAT and host-only networks. (BTW: It works on my win7 host. I don’t know how to do that in linux host). In the guest, edit /etc/network/interfaces. The trick was reversing the order eth1 (host-only) comes BEFORE eth0 (internet/dhcp). I don’t know why.
How to reach a VBOX guest from host?
It sounds like you want to use NAT so your guest can get out onto the network, but also want to access the guest directly from the host without using port forwarding. If you create two networks on the guest – one as a NAT or NAT Network, and the second as a host-only adapter – you can achieve this.
Can a virtual box be used as a network adapter?
With host-only networking, virtual box doesn’t try to use a physical network adapter on the host. Instead in VirtualBox you can create one or more (up to 8) virtual adapters for connections between the host and virtual machines created in VirtualBox on the host.
How can I connect to the VM VirtualBox network?
After I loaded to VM VirtualBox, both networks are working. I can connect to internet and I can connect to 192.168.40.41 through a web browser. Then just type nano in terminal to start it. You have multiple default gateways assigned to different NICs.
How is IP address assigned in guest Debian?
When guest Debian boots up, network interface associated with NAT ( enp0s3) is assigned dynamic IP without problem, however one associated with Host-only ( enp0s8) does not get IP address assigned, however I can ping 192.168.5.1 somehow (I think this is a bug in VirtualBox) but I cannot connect to any port on the host.
How can Nat and host-only interfaces work together?
If I the define the host-only as the adapter 1, I can access my VM from the host but not the internet; if I define the NAT one as adapter 1, I can access the internet but cannot reach my guest Debian. So, how could I make both interfaces work together?
How does host only access work in VirtualBox?
First interface using NAT, which you can use with the internal DHCP Second interface using Host-Only will use a fixed IP address and netmask which you configured earlier for the vboxnet2 VirtualBox network. For example, 10.88.12.4. Guest has access to outside, and host can access services running on guest.