Changing the MAC address of the VirtualBox Host-Only Adapter
Changing the MAC address of the VirtualBox Host-Only Adapter
Hello!
Is it possible to change the MAC address of the VirtualBox Host-Only ethernet adapter that can be found in "Settings->Network Connections"?
Regards,
Rooney
Is it possible to change the MAC address of the VirtualBox Host-Only ethernet adapter that can be found in "Settings->Network Connections"?
Regards,
Rooney
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Re: Changing the MAC address of the VirtualBox Host-Only Adapter
Sure. Click the advanced button. It is located there.
Re: Changing the MAC address of the VirtualBox Host-Only Adapter
I just can change the firewall settings no MAC address in the advanced options.
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Re: Changing the MAC address of the VirtualBox Host-Only Adapter
Strange. Mine has a MAC address. I might have started out with Bridged though. See screen shot.
But as long as you have it working. No problem.
But as long as you have it working. No problem.
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Re: Changing the MAC address of the VirtualBox Host-Only Adapter
I think you are looking in the wrong place. Look in the Settings|Network area for the VM (in the VirtualBox GUI), not the network settings inside the guest.rooney wrote:I just can change the firewall settings no MAC address in the advanced options.
Re: Changing the MAC address of the VirtualBox Host-Only Adapter
No, I don't want to change the MAC address of the guest, I want to change the network address of the VirtualBox Host-only ethernet adapter. Each VM has a different MAC, but the VirtualBox Host-only adapter you can find in Settings->Network Connections is always the same.
I solved the problem by changing some entries in the registry.
Regards,
Rooney
I solved the problem by changing some entries in the registry.
Regards,
Rooney
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Re: Changing the MAC address of the VirtualBox Host-Only Adapter
Hi All,
Maybe my problem is very similar:
I want to use several Host-Only Adapters and for each I want to have some specific IP address. However, VirtualBox always assigns its' default IP address and subnet mask to those adapters independently from the one I set up in the GUI. I tried even enter the correct address into the configuration XML file of the VirtualBox, but at the next start I can see again the default addresses (ipconfig /all) assigned by some VirtualBox features. Therefeor there should be some bug which prevents me to change the IP address of the Host-Only Adapter.
Does anyone know solution of that?
@rooney: Could you tell us what registry entries were relevant for your problem?
Thanks in advance!
Vasy (bithajcsar)
Maybe my problem is very similar:
I want to use several Host-Only Adapters and for each I want to have some specific IP address. However, VirtualBox always assigns its' default IP address and subnet mask to those adapters independently from the one I set up in the GUI. I tried even enter the correct address into the configuration XML file of the VirtualBox, but at the next start I can see again the default addresses (ipconfig /all) assigned by some VirtualBox features. Therefeor there should be some bug which prevents me to change the IP address of the Host-Only Adapter.
Does anyone know solution of that?
@rooney: Could you tell us what registry entries were relevant for your problem?
Thanks in advance!
Vasy (bithajcsar)
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Re: Changing the MAC address of the VirtualBox Host-Only Adapter
I haven't installed the host-only networking, so I can't check for sure, but there are some config items in menu:rooney wrote:I solved the problem by changing some entries in the registry.
File > Preferences... > Network > (select adapter) > Edit host-only network (screwdriver icon).
(On Mac it's ... > Options I think, rather than Preferences.)
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Re: Changing the MAC address of the VirtualBox Host-Only Adapter
Exactly those changes are ignored completely in my case. I can not change the IP address of the interface.MarkCranness wrote:I haven't installed the host-only networking, so I can't check for sure, but there are some config items in menu:rooney wrote:I solved the problem by changing some entries in the registry.
File > Preferences... > Network > (select adapter) > Edit host-only network (screwdriver icon).
(On Mac it's ... > Options I think, rather than Preferences.)
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Re: Changing the MAC address of the VirtualBox Host-Only Adapter
Just to be 100% sure (sorry), I'm suggesting:
File > Preferences > Network, and NOT
Settings > Network
File > Preferences > Network, and NOT
Settings > Network
Re: Changing the MAC address of the VirtualBox Host-Only Adapter
Oh, I see, that is a great feature, can even add an additional interface.MarkCranness wrote:Just to be 100% sure (sorry), I'm suggesting:
File > Preferences > Network, and NOT
Settings > Network
To change the MAC address of the host-only adapter (NOT IP address and NOT the MAC address of your guest) you first have to determine the MAC address of the VirtualBox Host-only adapter. You can do so in the windows host by opening a command shell (start-->run-->cmd) and execute ipconfig -all.
The relevant network interface is listed as "VirtualBox Host-Only Ethernet Adapter" and will have a MAC address starting with 08-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx
Write down this MAC address.
Open your registry (start-->run-->regedit) and search for 08xxxxxxxxxx (without hyphen), whereby x stands for your specific MAC address. Somewhere in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\... you will find the MAC entry of the ethernet adapter. Change the MAC address and reboot.
That's all!!!
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And does anywone know how to do this under Linux?rooney wrote:
Open your registry (start-->run-->regedit) and search for 08xxxxxxxxxx (without hyphen), whereby x stands for your specific MAC address. Somewhere in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\... you will find the MAC entry of the ethernet adapter. Change the MAC address and reboot.
That's all!!!
(change the virtualbox host host-only network interface mac address).
Thanks.
Re: Changing the MAC address of the VirtualBox Host-Only Ada
For Linux simply click the refresh button.
..But after that you need to edit " /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules" in your Linux and remove all lines. Otherwise new "kernel" names are assigned to the adapters, like "eth5" etc, which may screw up your config if you relied on eth0 for example.
..But after that you need to edit " /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules" in your Linux and remove all lines. Otherwise new "kernel" names are assigned to the adapters, like "eth5" etc, which may screw up your config if you relied on eth0 for example.
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Re: Changing the MAC address of the VirtualBox Host-Only Adapter
Has anyone tried this and been unsuccessful?
I have the same issue and would like to change the Host-Only Network adapters MAC address on the Host computer.
I have the same issue and would like to change the Host-Only Network adapters MAC address on the Host computer.
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Re: Changing the MAC address of the VirtualBox Host-Only Adapter
Sorry, 5 day 5 post limit for new accounts here. Any update towards fixing this problem?