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when i try to start a vbox-client with hostinterfacenetworking i get the following error:

Failed to open/create the internal network 'HostInterfaceNetworking-eth1' (VERR_SUPDRV_COMPONENT_NOT_FOUND).
Unknown error creating VM (VERR_SUPDRV_COMPONENT_NOT_FOUND).

Fehlercode: NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005)
Komponente: Console
Interface: IConsole {e3c6d4a1-a935-47ca-b16d-f9e9c496e53e}

this problem wasn't in earlier verions of my vbox-installation.
please help, because working with nat is horrible.

thanks in advance,
christian frey.

Have you upgraded to VBox 2.1.x recently? The host networking has changed quite a bit...

Anyway, probably the old virtual interface which is used to communicate with the guest has gone away. I think they should still be created during boot, but there may have been a problem due to installation. Now that installation is finished, you could check if they get created when you boot again, or after restarting the VBox networking (e.g. by running "/etc/init.d/virtualbox-ose restart" as root - this is for the open source edition, the command may be slightly different on your system).

But chances are that you don't need these interfaces anymore, you can now attach your VM directly to eth0 (or other physical interfaces). Have a look at the guest networking settings.

Bye,

Harald

The problem is that the VM points to a non-existing interface. Open the VM settings and change the interface it should use with Host Interface. You should only see your physical interfaces, which you can use.