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I don't know if it was the upgrade to Ubuntu 11.10 on the host or VB 4.1.4, but my XP guest adapter is no longer getting an IP.

Host: Ubuntu 11.10 (3.0.0-12-generic, x86_64)
Guest: Windows XP Professional (32-bit)



VBoxManage showvminfo "Windows XP"
Name: Windows XP
Guest OS: Windows XP
UUID: a3533d85-5ace-4c52-9ca8-57be91f6b0b2
Config file: /home/xxx/VirtualBox VMs/Windows XP/Windows XP.vbox
Snapshot folder: /home/xxx/VirtualBox VMs/Windows XP/Snapshots
Log folder: /home/xxx/VirtualBox VMs/Windows XP/Logs
Hardware UUID: a3533d85-5ace-4c52-9ca8-57be91f6b0b2
Memory size: 1024MB
Page Fusion: off
VRAM size: 32MB
CPU exec cap: 100%
HPET: off
Chipset: ich9
Firmware: BIOS
Number of CPUs: 1
Synthetic Cpu: off
CPUID overrides: None
Boot menu mode: message and menu
Boot Device (1): Floppy
Boot Device (2): DVD
Boot Device (3): HardDisk
Boot Device (4): Not Assigned
ACPI: on
IOAPIC: on
PAE: on
Time offset: 0 ms
RTC: local time
Hardw. virt.ext: off
Hardw. virt.ext exclusive: on
Nested Paging: on
Large Pages: off
VT-x VPID: on
State: running (since 2011-10-20T16:59:00.407000000)
Monitor count: 1
3D Acceleration: off
2D Video Acceleration: off
Teleporter Enabled: off
Teleporter Port: 0
Teleporter Address:
Teleporter Password:
Storage Controller Name (0): IDE Controller
Storage Controller Type (0): PIIX4
Storage Controller Instance Number (0): 0
Storage Controller Max Port Count (0): 2
Storage Controller Port Count (0): 2
Storage Controller Bootable (0): on
IDE Controller (0, 0): /home/xxx/VirtualBox VMs/Windows XP/Windows XP.vdi (UUID: 3a6e025d-49fd-494b-9f40-fd8e83f9c310)
IDE Controller (0, 1): /home/xxx/VirtualBox VMs/Windows XP/XP Apps.vdi (UUID: 6e3f3ef6-c047-4f52-aa26-d21aa99b5a6d)
IDE Controller (1, 0): /usr/share/virtualbox/VBoxGuestAdditions.iso (UUID: 80da4586-8ee1-4be1-8e59-9360e31b33cd)
NIC 1: MAC: 080027EF46B9, Attachment: NAT, Cable connected: on, Trace: off (file: none), Type: Am79C973, Reported speed: 0 Mbps, Boot priority: 0, Promisc Policy: deny
NIC 1 Settings: MTU: 0, Socket (send: 64, receive: 64), TCP Window (send:64, receive: 64)
NIC 2: disabled
NIC 3: disabled
NIC 4: disabled
NIC 5: disabled
NIC 6: disabled
NIC 7: disabled
NIC 8: disabled
Pointing Device: USB Tablet
Keyboard Device: PS/2 Keyboard
UART 1: disabled
UART 2: disabled
Audio: enabled (Driver: PulseAudio, Controller: AC97)
Clipboard Mode: Bidirectional
Video mode: 800x600x32
VRDE: enabled (Address 0.0.0.0, Ports 3389, MultiConn: off, ReuseSingleConn: off, Authentication type: null)
VRDE port: 3389
Video redirection: disabled
VRDE property: TCP/Ports = "3389"
VRDE property: TCP/Address = <not set>
VRDE property: VideoChannel/Enabled = <not set>
VRDE property: VideoChannel/Quality = <not set>
VRDE property: Client/DisableDisplay = <not set>
VRDE property: Client/DisableInput = <not set>
VRDE property: Client/DisableAudio = <not set>
VRDE property: Client/DisableUSB = <not set>
VRDE property: Client/DisableClipboard = <not set>
VRDE property: Client/DisableUpstreamAudio = <not set>
VRDE property: H3DRedirect/Enabled = <not set>
VRDE property: Security/Method = <not set>
VRDE property: Security/ServerCertificate = <not set>
VRDE property: Security/ServerPrivateKey = <not set>
VRDE property: Security/CACertificate = <not set>
USB: enabled

USB Device Filters:

<none>

Available remote USB devices:

<none>

Currently Attached USB Devices:

<none>

Shared folders:

Name: 'xxx', Host path: '/home/xxx' (machine mapping), writable

VRDE Connection: not active
Clients so far: 0

Guest:

Configured memory balloon size: 0 MB
OS type: WindowsXP
Additions run level: 2
Additions version: 4.1.4 r74291


Guest Facilities:

Facility "VirtualBox Base Driver": active/running (last update: 2011/10/20 16:59:14 UTC)
Facility "VirtualBox Desktop Integration": initializing (last update: 2011/10/20 17:01:25 UTC)
Facility "Seamless Mode": not active (last update: 2011/10/20 17:01:25 UTC)
Facility "Graphics Mode": active/running (last update: 2011/10/20 17:01:25 UTC)


Linux ifconfig

ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr <removed>
inet addr:10.168.0.31 Bcast:10.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::219:dbff:fe4d:dd21/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:13680 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:15531 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:1499343 (1.4 MB) TX bytes:12099527 (12.0 MB)
Interrupt:45 Base address:0x4000

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:22568 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:22568 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:10591122 (10.5 MB) TX bytes:10591122 (10.5 MB)



Windows IP Configuration

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 169.254.12.73
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

Not used a fixed ip before? eventlog entries about lan drivers? lan device visible in device manager?

I tried a fixed ip on a bridged connection, but got not response. I couldn't ping my gateway. Device manager shows the network adapter as installed and working properly. The event log under my network driver is showing no entries.

Bridged??? "NIC 1: MAC: 080027EF46B9, Attachment: NAT" are you sure?

No, it's currently set to NAT as that is my preferred connection type. I'm saying I've tried several network configurations including bridged+static IP. That configuration did not work either.