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Hey guys, I'm not an IT geek so don't laugh at me with my dumb question..

My host is Linux, my guest is WinXP.
The IP address of my Linux is 111.134.xxx.xxx
What should I do to set my guest WinXP to have the IP address like my host: 111.134.yyy.yyy?
I've just installed VirtualBox OSE and 4 type of networking.
I've also read user manual of VB: http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/UserMa ... #changenat

I follow the instruction: VBoxManage modifyvm "WindowsXP" --natnet1 "111.134/16"
but it doesn't work..

Could someone please help me w/ this?

Thank you very much.

You can't do that, because you're only allowed to have ONE IP address in that range. It's your direct internet IP. Because there is already a shortage on IPv4 addresses (what we use now), you get only one of it from your provider.

I don't know but when I use VMWare under Windows, each of guests has the same prefix w/ host and different in last 2 bytes. Why can't it be in VB?

You can't compare the two. What is it that you want to accomplish? With how it is now, you can't use Bridged because of your internet IP and ISP limitations. With a router, or Host-Only, you can get a lot closer to what you want.