4.0.8 vboxnet0 Host-only fails on reboot

[interested]

host: solaris x11 express
guest: sol10 9/10
vbox net adapter conf: hostonly

on reboot of host vboxnet0 does not appear.

please advise

[interested]

i just reinstalled virtualbox and hostadapter is loaded as expected.

on reinstalling i glimpse:

Loading VirtualBox kernel modules...
- Loaded: Host module
- Loaded: NetAdapter module
- Loaded: NetFilter module
- Loaded: USBMonitor module
- Loaded: USB module

Is there a manual way to load/unlaod these modules

however, as i do not reboot so often i can use re-install as a work around.

[interested]

this problem still persists on 4.0.10

has anyone else experienced this?

[Ramshankar]

Are you using NWAM on the host? It is a known issue that NWAM and vboxnet does not mix well, infact I've had problems with NWAM even on physical interfaces not being plumbed (as of Solaris 11 Express)

You need not reinstall or even reload the driver, just execute "ifconfig vboxnet0 plumb up" on boot and that should be enough to bring up the interface.

[interested]

thanks, it is as you described in regards with nwam