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Hi,

I am running a guest machine (Windows XP) with networking configured to NAT.

In this configuration, any network access from the host to the guest doesn't work (e.g. ping, either by name or by IP).
Is there a way to get this working without having to switch to bridged networking?

Thanks,

Noam

It will not work in NAT. If you need this you either have to setup port forwards or switch to bridges.

> It will not work in NAT. If you need this you either have to setup port forwards or switch to bridges.

I have tried switching to Host Only adapter, but then I can't access the internet from my guest operating system. I read the documentation and it seems to me that this should be possible.
What am I doing wrong?


I would really like to avoid using bridge, because this makes the process of handing over the image to someone else in my organization much more complex (need to change host name, etc). Port forwarding is not an option either.

One possibility:
Give the guest two network cards.
One nat for external access by the guest. One host-only for biderctional communication guest<>host.