failed to create host network interface on solaris 11 host

[jjs]

Hi all,

I'm running VBox 4.3.10 on Solaris 11 host.
Could anyone help on how to add additional "Host Only Network"?
I tried on the GUI and Cli, but all failed.
- the GUI (Preference -> Network -> the Host-only Network '+' button) gives me an error with on details
- On Cli:

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# VBoxManage hostonlyif ipconfig vboxnet1 --ip 172.1.0.1       
VBoxManage: error: The host network interface with the given name could not be found
VBoxManage: error: Details: code NS_ERROR_INVALID_ARG (0x80070057), component Host, interface IHost, callee nsISupports
VBoxManage: error: Context: "FindHostNetworkInterfaceByName(name.raw(), hif.asOutParam())" at line 218 of file VBoxManageHostonly.cpp
VBoxManage: error: Could not find interface 'vboxnet1'

- I tried:

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# ln -s  /devices/pseudo/vboxnet\@0\:vboxnet0 /dev/vboxnet1

, the error remains the same.
- if I try:

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# dladm create-vnic -l vboxnet0 vboxnet1

then I can see vboxnet1 in the GUI, but it doesn't work(IP addresses on vboxnet1 cannot reach/ping each other(Destination Host Unreachable) ).

BTW, the vboxnet0 work fine. and I can add new interfaces on Windows host.

Any suggestions are appreciated.
Thanks!
-SJ

[Perryg]

the GUI (Preference -> Network -> the Host-only Network '+' button) gives me an error with on details

What is the error? Be specific!

Also what does the following return in a host terminal:

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VBoxManage list hostonlyifs

[Ramshankar]

See http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch09.h ... nlysolaris