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Hello Everyone,

I am new to VirtualBox and i'm looking for some help from the community here.

I am trying to setup a virtual network for my development setup using VirtualBox. The setup will follow these guidelines,

• All the virtual machines should possess a static, configurable IPv4 Address (They should be able to communicate with each other)

• The host need NOT be connected to a network( Can be connected if any of the guests require an internet connection to update software. )

• Even if the host isn't connected to any network, the virtual machines should still use the same IP addresess as configured before.

• The network should be flexible, i.e., any host on the network should be able to connect to another network.

• The host should also be connected to this virtual network. Which means that from the host, I should be able to putty to any virtual machine or access the web server of any machine on port 80 through the browser on my host.

Yeah, I guess that's about it. Please let me know how this can be done. I have seen a few articles on port forwarding, etc., but wasn't really able to make that work.

NOTE: The points in RED above are of more priority.

All help will be greatly appreciated

Edit: PS: I am attaching a logical diagram of what I picture the network to be. It might help in understanding the problem better.

[attachment=0]network diagram.jpg[/attachment]

Regards,
Sandeep

See chapter 6 in your VirtualBox users manual.

Or

Setup Windows Domain in VirtualBox

Which is basically the same.

Thank You!