problem with vbox's DHCP

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kaza51
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problem with vbox's DHCP

Post by kaza51 »

In NAT mode, all virtual machines get the SAME ip address ..
impossible to ping each other ...

Using the Virtualbox V4.2.1
Macbook retina MacOS X 10.8.2
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Re: problem with vbox's DHCP

Post by Y E T I »

That is the way nat works. read all about it in your users manual.
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Re: problem with vbox's DHCP

Post by BillG »

If you want NAT to run a different way you will have to run your own third party NAT software on the host (or in a vm).
Bill
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