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VB 4.2.1 r 80871 , MAC OS X Mountain Lion (HOST) and Windows 7 (GUest) doesn't seem to get the networking working.
MAC is using AirPort Wireless , connected to a typical home wireless router (CISCO)

Tried with NAT , BRIDGE networking in the VB Network Settings nothing seems to work , please help.

C:\Users\test>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : test-pc
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : hsd1.ca.comcast.net.
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/1000 MT Desktop Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 08-00-27-F2-8C-39
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter isatap.hsd1.ca.comcast.net.:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 11:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes


MAC OS :
ifconfig -a

lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 16384
options=3<RXCSUM,TXCSUM>
inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000
inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128
gif0: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1280
stf0: flags=0<> mtu 1280
en0: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
options=2b<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_HWTAGGING,TSO4>
ether 40:6c:8f:30:b5:42
media: autoselect (none)
status: inactive
en1: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
ether 70:56:81:99:0a:59
inet6 fe80::7256:81ff:fe99:a59%en1 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x5
inet 192.168.1.100 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255
media: autoselect
status: active
p2p0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 2304
ether 02:56:81:99:0a:59
media: autoselect
status: inactive
fw0: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 4078
lladdr 40:6c:8f:ff:fe:9c:55:62
media: autoselect <full-duplex>
status: inactive

I would rather see an ipconfig of the guest when it was set to NAT (the default).

BillG wrote:I would rather see an ipconfig of the guest when it was set to NAT (the default).

Here is it , pretty much the same with NAT as well,

C:\Users\test>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : test-pc
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : hsd1.ca.comcast.net.
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/1000 MT Desktop Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 08-00-27-F2-8C-39
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter isatap.hsd1.ca.comcast.net.:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 11:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Every thing says media disconnected. Post VBoxManage showvminfo {vm name} --detail for the guest.
state whether you actually have a router as well.

Y E T I wrote:Every thing says media disconnected. Post VBoxManage showvminfo {vm name} --detail for the guest.
state whether you actually have a router as well.

Here below is the command details , i have a wireless router and my mac is using airport (wireless) to connect to and *NO* wired Ethernet cable.

VBoxManage showvminfo "Windows 7" --details
Name: Windows 7
Groups: /
Guest OS: Windows 7
UUID: b84ad73d-fc10-4f9c-84a9-245882f72e99
Config file: /Users/mymac/VirtualBox VMs/Windows 7/Windows 7.vbox
Snapshot folder: /Users/mymac/VirtualBox VMs/Windows 7/Snapshots
Log folder: /Users/mymac/VirtualBox VMs/Windows 7/Logs
Hardware UUID: b84ad73d-fc10-4f9c-84a9-245882f72e99
Memory size: 1536MB
Page Fusion: off
VRAM size: 64MB
CPU exec cap: 100%
HPET: off
Chipset: piix3
Firmware: BIOS
Number of CPUs: 4
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: off
Time offset: 0ms
RTC: local time
Hardw. virt.ext: on
Hardw. virt.ext exclusive: off
Nested Paging: on
Large Pages: on
VT-x VPID: on
State: running (since 2012-10-13T23:54:57.261000000)
Monitor count: 1
3D Acceleration: off
2D Video Acceleration: off
Teleporter Enabled: off
Teleporter Port: 0
Teleporter Address:
Teleporter Password:
Tracing Enabled: off
Allow Tracing to Access VM: off
Tracing Configuration:
Autostart Enabled: off
Autostart Delay: 0
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
Storage Controller Name (1): SATA Controller
Storage Controller Type (1): IntelAhci
Storage Controller Instance Number (1): 0
Storage Controller Max Port Count (1): 30
Storage Controller Port Count (1): 1
Storage Controller Bootable (1): on
IDE Controller (1, 0): /Applications/VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS/VBoxGuestAdditions.iso (UUID: 149f5490-238d-4377-ad50-43a2254654a4)
SATA Controller (0, 0): /Users/mymac/VirtualBox VMs/Windows 7/Windows7.vdi (UUID: b9ade081-d12e-412a-a608-bcc80b68b907)
NIC 1: MAC: 080027F28C39, Attachment: NAT, Cable connected: off, Trace: off (file: none), Type: 82540EM, Reported speed: 0 Mbps, Boot priority: 0, Promisc Policy: allow-all, Bandwidth group: none
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
LPT 1: disabled
LPT 2: disabled
Audio: enabled (Driver: CoreAudio, Controller: HDA)
Clipboard Mode: Bidirectional
Drag'n'drop Mode: disabled
Video mode: 1440x900x32
VRDE: disabled
USB: enabled
EHCI: disabled

USB Device Filters:

<none>

Available remote USB devices:

<none>

Currently Attached USB Devices:

<none>

Bandwidth groups: <none>

Shared folders:

Name: 'Downloads', Host path: '/Users/mymac/Downloads' (machine mapping), writable

VRDE Connection: not active
Clients so far: 0

Guest:

Configured memory balloon size: 0 MB
OS type: Windows7
Additions run level: 3
Additions version: 4.2.1 r80865


Guest Facilities:

Facility "VirtualBox Base Driver": active/running (last update: 2012/10/13 23:55:06 UTC)
Facility "VirtualBox System Service": active/running (last update: 2012/10/13 23:55:13 UTC)
Facility "VirtualBox Desktop Integration": active/running (last update: 2012/10/13 23:55:20 UTC)
Facility "Seamless Mode": active/running (last update: 2012/10/13 23:55:06 UTC)
Facility "Graphics Mode": active/running (last update: 2012/10/13 23:55:06 UTC)

NIC 1: MAC: 080027F28C39, Attachment: NAT, Cable connected: off, Trace: off (file: none), Type: 82540EM, Reported speed: 0 Mbps, Boot priority: 0, Promisc Policy: allow-all, Bandwidth group: none

Yup it is not connected. look in the settings and make sure the check mark is there (Cable connected) at the bottom.

Y E T I wrote:NIC 1: MAC: 080027F28C39, Attachment: NAT, Cable connected: off, Trace: off (file: none), Type: 82540EM, Reported speed: 0 Mbps, Boot priority: 0, Promisc Policy: allow-all, Bandwidth group: none

Yup it is not connected. look in the settings and make sure the check mark is there (Cable connected) at the bottom.

Ah! Damn , that did the trick, since i was using Airpot never bothered to check that (Cable connected) , not why this was default if it is ?