Accessing Samba Shares in 2.1?

MichaelAtUVa · Post by **MichaelAtUVa** » 17. Dec 2008, 22:46

Hi All,

I have been using virtualbox with a windows xp host and fedora guest. In the past I shared folders from the guest to the host using samba where I had a second network card on the guest with a private ip that was attached to the host via a host interface which I gave another private ip on the same subnet. Now since upgrading to 2.1 my host interface is gone and I can't seem to figure out how to access my samba shares any more... Any Ideas?

Thanks,
Michael

Post by **Sasquatch** » 18. Dec 2008, 00:50

Select the physical interface from the list of available interfaces. Now you can set a second IP on the interface and have the same connectivity again.

MichaelAtUVa · Post by **MichaelAtUVa** » 18. Dec 2008, 01:32

I assume you mean in windows? If so how do you I still use DHCP on the device?

Thanks!
Michael

Post by **Sasquatch** » 19. Dec 2008, 21:19

MichaelAtUVa wrote:I assume you mean in windows? If so how do you I still use DHCP on the device?

Thanks!
Michael

That depends. Do you use DHCP on your network, or is everything set statically? Is the DHCP on your network a private address range, or one of your ISP directly? You can set a second IP statically on the Host, and put the same range on your Guest like you always had.
The new HIF requires that, in your case, you add a second IP to the physical interface, instead of useing a virtual interface.