Question about connect internet in vitualbox

[scubindu]

Dear all member!

I'm setting up a VM that runs on Ubuntu Server 14.04.2 via virtualbox 5.0 on a desktop running on windows 7 Pro. The host machine is set to a static IP address and its Internet connection is working.
I can run a command "dig" on the VM and it replied with success. At this stage, its IP address was still assigned by DHCP. I believe, it's set to NAT by default under "Network" configuration in VirtualBox.

Then, the internet stopped working after changing from dhcp to static in virtual network adapter on the Ubuntu VM.

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auto eth0
    iface eth0 inet static

    address 10.0.2.100
    netmask 255.255.255.0
    network 10.0.2.0
    broadcast 10.0.2.255
    gateway 10.0.2.1
    dns-servers 8.8.8.8 8.8.4.4

When I run the command "dig http://www.google.com", I received "connection timed out; no servers could be reached".
When I looked into Network settings for the Ubuntu VM, it's set to NAT. I tried both Bridged Adapter and Host-only Adapter but to no avail.
If I switched it back from static to dhcp in the VM network interfaces settings, I got replies and the internet is working fine.
Just wondering if I have missed out on any steps here.

Thank you very much!


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[socratis]

1) Why do you need a static, manually configured IP? On a NAT network?
2) You can't use whatever address you want in a Bridged network. It has to be within your router's IP range and not already taken.
3) Host-only will not get you anywhere but your host. It says it right there in the name.