Rename a Host-Only Network?
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Rename a Host-Only Network?
I want to know how can I change the name of the virtual adapter of the "Host-Only Networks"?
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Re: Hots-Only Network
I do not see a way to change these names, at least on a Windows host. Virtualbox does not allow to control the name of the Host-Only adapter, and the name used in the Virtualbox dropdown is the "device name" made by Windows, not the "name" which you could change in the list of adapters in the Windows Networking.
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Re: Hots-Only Network
Yes, you could do that, but it is not helping to know what virtual network it's talking about exactly. It is very tedious to associate the default name of network 1 to a particular environment X and the name of the network 2 to N, if we could change the name to a friendly name it could be a good improvement for VirtualBox.scottgus1 wrote:I do not see a way to change these names, at least on a Windows host. Virtualbox does not allow controlling the name of the Host-Only adapter, and the name used in the Virtualbox dropdown is the "device name" made by Windows, not the "name" which you could change in the list of adapters in the Windows Networking.
Thanks for the answer!
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Re: Rename a Host-Only Network?
Perhaps it would be useful, but you missed the point that Scott made. They are not VirtualBox names! VirtualBox uses the names given to the interfaces by Windows. If you want to change them, you need to ask Microsoft, not us.
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Re: Rename a Host-Only Network?
Hello there!
Thanks to the participants for the discussion. I had the same problem on Win 10 host. I found a solution here : TUTORIAL: How to change device names in Device Manager
-Ninad
Thanks to the participants for the discussion. I had the same problem on Win 10 host. I found a solution here : TUTORIAL: How to change device names in Device Manager
-Ninad