Windows XP connection failed

[alexxm]

Hi,

I'm trying to connect a Windows XP client to Windows Server 2003. I have configured server giving an IP adress automatically to the client. I have a DNS server installed in the Win Server. I connect both with Internal Network adapter. I also tried using bridge and Host-only adapter.
When I type ipconfig in the server I obtain a correct ip: 192.165.3.1. But when I try to obtain an ip in the XP client I don't obtain any ip.

How can I obtain an ip for the xp? The server is configured to give clients ip between 192.165.3.2 and 192.165.3.254.

Thanks.

[mpack]

Which is the guest, which is the host?

I will assume that "XP client" actually means XP guest.

You say "DNS server". Do you mean "DHCP server"? A DNS turns remote URLs into remote IP addresses. A DHCP server assigns dynamic IP addresses to devices on a local LAN.

If you use host mode, the host includes a DHCP server. I suspect you would need to use bridged adapter mode.

[alexxm]

Hi,

The host is Windows Server 2003 and the guest Windows XP.
I have installed a DNS and DHCP server in host.
Now when I logged in XP I obtain the IP 192.165.1.72.

I have bridged adapter mode.

Why host don't give to the client an IP between 192.165.3.2 and 192.165.3.254?

Thanks.

[mpack]

Then why are you asking here? If you installed your own DHCP and DNS servers then their failure to work correctly is a standard networking problem, not a VirtualBox problem. In bridged mode the VM is just another PC on the LAN.