[Solved] Interface ('VirtualBox Host-Only Ethernet Adapter') is not a Host-Only Adapter interface

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akira32
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[Solved] Interface ('VirtualBox Host-Only Ethernet Adapter') is not a Host-Only Adapter interface

Post by akira32 »

I open a virtual machine of CentOS7, it appear a error message as below:

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Interface ('VirtualBox Host-Only Ethernet Adapter') is not a Host-Only Adapter interface (VERR_INTERNAL_ERROR).
And then I cannot open again. Does someone know how to solve this problem?
Last edited by socratis on 15. Jun 2017, 11:17, edited 1 time in total.
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scottgus1
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Re: Interface ('VirtualBox Host-Only Ethernet Adapter') is not a Host-Only Adapter interface

Post by scottgus1 »

It appears on first glance that the Host-Only adapter Virtualbox installed in your host OS has gone south.

You can try this: Open the main Virtualbox window, File menu -> Preferences -> Network -> Host-Only Networks. Put your mouse over the Host-Only adapter shown there, and take note of all of the IP address info shown in the popup. Now delete that Host-Only adapter and make a new one, then set it to the same IP address info the old one had. Then point each guest that used the old Host-Only adapter to the new one.
akira32
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Re: Interface ('VirtualBox Host-Only Ethernet Adapter') is not a Host-Only Adapter interface

Post by akira32 »

scottgus1 , Thank you! I had resolved this problem by your method.
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Re: [Solved] Interface ('VirtualBox Host-Only Ethernet Adapter') is not a Host-Only Adapter interfac

Post by socratis »

Thanks for the feedback.
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Re: [Solved] Interface ('VirtualBox Host-Only Ethernet Adapter') is not a Host-Only Adapter interfac

Post by scottgus1 »

Glad that worked! Have fun!
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