Multicast Address problem with Host-Only neworking

[sr1nath]

Hi,
I am new to the VirtualBox world, please bear with me.

VirtualBox Version: 4.0.4
Host OS: Windows XP SP3
Guest OS: Oracle Enterprise Linux

Initially, I had configured the guest as Bridge Adapter. Guest got the ip address from DHCP and everything worked fine. I realized that the guest OS can be reached by others machines in the network, which I do not want. (Security Issues...)

Then I switch the configuration to Host-Only, to make the guest visible to host machine only. Everything works fine, until I need to install a "server software" on the guest machine. We need to input a "multicast ip address" in the range 224.0.0.1 through 239.255.255.255, during the server software installation. With host-only option, any multicast ip address I input, is considered as unreachable and my server installation halts.

In host-only networking option, my guest machine's IP is 192.168.56.101.

Is there a way I can get a valid multicast ip address in guest machine, with my settings? I appreciate any inputs.

Thanks

[Sasquatch]

The IP address range you specify isn't a normal IP address one would give to an OS. Instead, it's used by software that provide such services like IPTV. Because of the special type of IP the range is, the Host will always try to access it through the default gateway and you cannot give it to an interface like you would with a normal class A-C address.

I suggest you read some more into this matter and consult the software documentation of whatever you're trying to install.

[Sinjin]

This thread is old, but I'm having similar problems with multicast on host-only networks. It doesn't seem to work. In response to the previous poster, the OP is specifying a multicast address range, not a host address range.