More than 4 network adapters on single vm?

[Pave1]

Hi All,

My application requires 6 adapters on my VM. VirtualBox only offers 4. Is there a way to add 2 extra?

[socratis]

Yes, but not through the GUI, only from the command-line (CLI). See ch. 8 VBoxManage, ch. 8.8. VBoxManage modifyvm and ch. 8.8.2. Networking settings. The commands you'd have to use are (not necessarily all of them):

• 
  VBoxManage modifyvm --nic<5-8> none|null|nat|bridged|intnet|hostonly|generic|natnetwork
  VBoxManage modifyvm --nictype<5-8> Am79C970A|Am79C973|82540EM|82543GC|82545EM|virtio
  VBoxManage modifyvm --macaddress<5-8> auto|<mac>
  VBoxManage modifyvm --cableconnected<5-8> on|off

and depending on the network option that you want:

• 
  VBoxManage modifyvm --bridgeadapter<5-8> none|<devicename>
  VBoxManage modifyvm --hostonlyadapter<5-8> none|<devicename>
  VBoxManage modifyvm --intnet<5-8> <network name>
  VBoxManage modifyvm --natnet<5-8> <network>|default
  VBoxManage modifyvm --nat-network<5-8> <network name>