Cannot access internet from client using NAT adapter setting

[RaelB]

Hi,

I have a Windows 7 x64 host, and Windows XP Pro client.

Using the plain "NAT" setting, I cannot access the internet (does work on host).

I have allowed Oracle VirtualBox through the firewall.

ipconfig on client:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : home.gateway
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.2.15
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.2.2

on client: ping 10.0.2.15 works. ping 10.0.2.2 also works.

(If a use NatNetwork, then it also does not work.)

Any ideas what could be wrong/how to fix??

Thanks
Rael

[mpack]

Make sure the guest OS is configured to get an IP address automatically (i.e. using DHCP).

BTW, this is not a Windows Host question - moving this topic to "Windows Guests".

[RaelB]

Make sure the guest OS is configured to get an IP address automatically (i.e. using DHCP).

That is the case. But it still does not work on Nat or "Nat Network" setting.

Are there any other things I can check?

[mpack]

Are there any other things I can check?

From the host command console type "ipconfig/all >host.txt" and in the guest do likewise, i.e. "ipconfig/all >guest.txt".

Pack both text files into one zip and post the zip here.

[RaelB]

Thanks

[mpack]

I don't know what you've done to the "guest.txt" file, but it seems to have had all the newlines stripped out of it, making it hard to read.

Don't copy and paste bits of text, if that's what you did. Just define a shared folder in the VM settings (requires Guest Additions to be installed), move the file there, then post it here.

[RaelB]

Yes, sorry, this should work.

[mpack]

The only difference I see in your XP guest that's different from mine, is that you have the DNS suffix search list non-empty. Why is that?

[RaelB]

As far as I know I have not done anything specific to set that.

Is there something I can do to clear that?

I have not tampered with the guest IP settings, just left them at default (which is obtain IP address automatically, etc..)

[mpack]

Actually, on further investigation that difference is probably harmless.

I find that when I'm at work I get a non-empty DNS suffix in a VM which uses NAT. I assume this is because at work I'm behind a server and don't access the router directly. If you are also behind a business server then perhaps your VM is being blocked there for some reason.