Connect VM on two different systems

[George Abraham]

Hi,

This is my scenario:
I have two laptops, both with Windows 7 as the Host OS. I have installed Virtual Box in both the systems and have installed Ubuntu 10.04 Servers on both the system. I need to connect both the systems via LAN cable so that both my guest OSes are connected. Basically I am trying to simulate a Cloud environment for my Thesis work and I need to get this done.

I have connected both the systems via LAN, set the cross-over IP addresses and created a common WorkGroup. This has ensured me that both the HOST OSes are pinging each other.

What should I do to get the Guest OSes also connected - I mean what should be the network settings in Virtual Box?

Thanks in advance.

[mpack]

The guests need to be using bridged networking. That makes the VMs into peers on the same network your laptop hosts are using. It would also be simpler if a Router was available to to hand out IP addresses, otherwise you need to know how to configure such a network manually.