Host can't ping guest in Different OS ??

[dada99]

After remove the default gateway from Guest, Host still can't ping Guest...
It's a so troublesome issue ...

[vbox4me2]

Then the Host is routing its ping via a gateway the Guest can't see or the Gateway can't find the Guest, the Host seems to use a dsl gateway.

Do a ipconfig/all again from today on Host and Guest.

[mrobo]

Hello all,
I installed Virtual box 3.2.8 on my windows 7 machine. I then installed Centos 5.5 as a guest. Networking is functional on the guest. I can get to the internet download updates etc. The host network is also functional. I can ping the host from the guest but I cannot ping the guest from the host. I also have iptables and selinux disabled on the guest. Can you please tell me what I am missing here?

Thanks!

[Perryg]

What is the network adapter set to? If NAT then you will not be able to ping the guest. Switch to Bridged if you have a router in the network or use host-only and then add a second adapter set to NAT for the guest to get to the Internet.
These and other neat features are explained to you in your VirtualBox users guide.

[mrobo]

Thank you very much for your reply. You were correct the interface was set to NAT. I changed it to BRIDGED and then had to make some firewall changes in the router and now it appears to be working fine. Thank you again. I really appreciate your help!