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Problem with host-only network
Posted: 27. Aug 2009, 14:03
by TPJ
I'd like my VM to use host-only network, but I can't set my VM to use the host-only adapter:
There aren't any host-only networks available:
And I can't add a new ones:
Here are outputs from my console (on the host):
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$ VBoxManage list dhcpservers
VirtualBox Command Line Management Interface Version 3.0.0
(C) 2005-2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
All rights reserved.
NetworkName: HostInterfaceNetworking-vboxnet0
IP: 192.168.56.2
NetworkMask: 255.255.255.0
lowerIPAddress: 192.168.56.3
upperIPAddress: 192.168.56.255
Enabled: Yes
$ VBoxManage list hostonlyifs
VirtualBox Command Line Management Interface Version 3.0.0
(C) 2005-2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
All rights reserved.
$ ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1D:60:08:EB:B7
inet addr:195.140.154.99 Bcast:195.140.155.255 Mask:255.255.254.0
inet6 addr: fe80::21d:60ff:fe08:ebb7/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:77127 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:5235 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:2
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:8305144 (7.9 Mb) TX bytes:1209587 (1.1 Mb)
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:295 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:295 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:8699 (8.4 Kb) TX bytes:8699 (8.4 Kb)
And here's my output from my guest:
The rc.vboxnet is run and it didn't report any problems. I haven't found any /etc/vbox/interfaces file, though.
Re: Problem with host-only network
Posted: 27. Aug 2009, 14:43
by Sasquatch
What does ifconfig -a say? And are you a member of the vboxusers group? You must be a member of that group to have a little problems with VB as possible. I'm guessing that you need to be a member before you can see or use the NIC.
Re: Problem with host-only network
Posted: 27. Aug 2009, 18:21
by TPJ
I am a member of the vboxusers group.
Here's my ifconfig -a (executed on my host):
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$ ifconfig -a
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1D:60:08:EB:B7
inet addr:195.140.154.99 Bcast:195.140.155.255 Mask:255.255.254.0
inet6 addr: fe80::21d:60ff:fe08:ebb7/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:156484 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:7507 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:2
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:18838253 (17.9 Mb) TX bytes:1279294 (1.2 Mb)
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:26 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:26 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:3950 (3.8 Kb) TX bytes:3950 (3.8 Kb)
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1B:77:DA:05:BC
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
wmaster0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr 00-1B-77-DA-05-BC-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
[NO FLAGS] MTU:0 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
ifconfig -a, executed on my guest (yes, I'm a noob when it comes to network), doesn't differ from the output I have already posted.
And one more thing. I haven't installed any guest additions yet. If it's needed, I missed it while studying docs.
Re: Problem with host-only network
Posted: 27. Aug 2009, 19:29
by Sasquatch
Here is the output on my system, where you can see the difference. The last output is when I added and configured the Host-Only adapter(s). You might want to reinstall VB. Which version do you use, the PUEL one (from the website) or the OSE from the distro repositories?
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$ ifconfig
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:340 (340.0 B) TX bytes:340 (340.0 B)
marvell Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:11:09:c1:28:07
inet addr:192.168.1.251 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.248
inet6 addr: fe80::211:9ff:fec1:2807/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:2493810 errors:0 dropped:2 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:2257677 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:1881859913 (1.8 GB) TX bytes:2524924645 (2.5 GB)
Interrupt:17
nvidia Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:11:09:c1:28:06
inet addr:192.168.0.2 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::211:9ff:fec1:2806/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:462 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:356 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:193821 (193.8 KB) TX bytes:378781 (378.7 KB)
Interrupt:23 Base address:0xe000
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$ ifconfig -a
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:340 (340.0 B) TX bytes:340 (340.0 B)
marvell Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:11:09:c1:28:07
inet addr:192.168.1.251 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.248
inet6 addr: fe80::211:9ff:fec1:2807/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:2494067 errors:0 dropped:2 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:2257957 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:1881933771 (1.8 GB) TX bytes:2525362104 (2.5 GB)
Interrupt:17
nvidia Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:11:09:c1:28:06
inet addr:192.168.0.2 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::211:9ff:fec1:2806/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:462 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:356 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:193821 (193.8 KB) TX bytes:378781 (378.7 KB)
Interrupt:23 Base address:0xe000
vboxnet0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 0a:00:27:00:00:00
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
vboxnet1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 0a:00:27:00:00:01
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
wlan Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:00:00:00:00:00
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
wmaster0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
[NO FLAGS] MTU:0 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
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$ ifconfig -a
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:340 (340.0 B) TX bytes:340 (340.0 B)
marvell Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:11:09:c1:28:07
inet addr:192.168.1.251 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.248
inet6 addr: fe80::211:9ff:fec1:2807/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:2498753 errors:0 dropped:2 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:2263110 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:1883389791 (1.8 GB) TX bytes:2533268810 (2.5 GB)
Interrupt:17
nvidia Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:11:09:c1:28:06
inet addr:192.168.0.2 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::211:9ff:fec1:2806/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:462 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:356 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:193821 (193.8 KB) TX bytes:378781 (378.7 KB)
Interrupt:23 Base address:0xe000
vboxnet0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 0a:00:27:00:00:00
inet addr:172.25.0.1 Bcast:172.25.255.255 Mask:255.255.0.0
inet6 addr: fe80::800:27ff:fe00:0/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:1814 (1.8 KB)
vboxnet1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 0a:00:27:00:00:01
inet addr:172.25.0.2 Bcast:172.25.255.255 Mask:255.255.0.0
inet6 addr: fe80::800:27ff:fe00:1/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:1814 (1.8 KB)
wlan Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:00:00:00:00:00
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
wmaster0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
[NO FLAGS] MTU:0 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
[paranoid]I obscured my wireless MAC address, you never know if someone nearby reads this and uses it to access my wireless network[/paranoid].
The Host-Only adapters are listed in the VirtualBox.xml file as extra data:
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<ExtraDataItem name="HostOnly/vboxnet0/IPAddress" value="172.25.0.1"/>
<ExtraDataItem name="HostOnly/vboxnet0/IPNetMask" value="255.255.0.0"/>
<ExtraDataItem name="HostOnly/vboxnet1/IPAddress" value="172.25.0.2"/>
<ExtraDataItem name="HostOnly/vboxnet1/IPNetMask" value="255.255.0.0"/>
Re: Problem with host-only network
Posted: 28. Aug 2009, 05:28
by TPJ
I have reinstalled the latet VB version (POE). Nothing has changed.
There are no entries about vboxnet0 in my VB.xml file.
Re: Problem with host-only network
Posted: 28. Aug 2009, 20:33
by Sasquatch
I noted these entries so you could copy them to your own XML file (be sure that no instance of VB is running). Since you already have a VM or two, I won't recommend you to start with clean settings, as you would loose the VM(s)
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Re: Problem with host-only network
Posted: 29. Aug 2009, 21:12
by TPJ
Sasquatch wrote:I noted these entries so you could copy them to your own XML file (be sure that no instance of VB is running).
Well, I have done it, although I was *sure* it won't help. It didn't.
(Why I was so sure? Because the content of a file in *my home directory* shouldn't affect the net interfaces available in my system.)
I'm not sure, what is wrong. Perhaps it's because I had an old (2.x) configuration available when I was installing the new VB version?
Re: Problem with host-only network
Posted: 29. Aug 2009, 21:58
by Sasquatch
I had VB 2 running too and upgraded each time, so that's not the problem. Also, I thought it might work adding the lines to your config file, because I didn't see any instance of vboxnet0 in /etc, only in my own config file. However, I created a second vboxnet, vboxnet1, and it doesn't appear in my ifconfig -a list, nor in my VB prefs. It's 'forgotton' when I close VB or shut down my system. It's still in my config file though.