problem accessing virtual box on other computers

[jhake]

Hi, Im experiencing problem accessing virtual box on other computers. I setup virtualbox with an OS of Windows 2008r2, installed system. I used also Bridge Mode on the network of virtualbox. I used static ip on the adapter, using ipconfig on the command prompt. disabled the firewall on the virtualboc(windows). I'm using a client(othercomputer) to access the virtual box but no avail. It cannot access the Host(virtual). Do I have to setup patches or Im missing something on the configuration of the the network on virtual?

Regards..

[BillG]

You are confusing things calling the virtual machine the host. In virtual machine technology the host is the physical machine hosting the vms. The vms are the guests.

Why are you setting a static IP on the vm? Is there no DHCP server on the physical network? The best way to run a vm in bridged mode is to let it get its network config from DHCP, so that it works just like the other machines in the network. It is too easy to misconfigure something using manual config.

You should not need to disable the firewall if everything is correctly configured. Do you disable the firewall on any other machines in the network?

[jhake]

I've done that but no avil also. My erp should have an static ip thats why im doing static on my ip at vm. I created the virtual intended for testing ground for our system. I can ping it on my computer because the virtual was created also on our host server. so if will connect to the system and if im going to use dhcp i will be connected to the hostserver not on the virtual.

[socratis]

I think unless we see some data, your description is not working completely. Please, answer the following:
1) What's your physical network addresses look like? (Ex. 192.168.3.1-192.168.3.254)
2) What's the IP of the host (physical machine)? (Ex. 192.168.3.22)
3) What's the IP of the VM? (Ex. 192.168.3.56)

[jhake]

physical add: 200.100.120.1-200.100.120.254

ip of the host: 200.100.120.111

ip of the VM: 200.100.120.207

[socratis]

- Can you ping the Host from the VM and the VM from the Host (as a start)?
- If there is a 3rd computer on the same network (Other) can Other ping Host and VM and generally can they ping between all of them?

Mind you, besides the firewall being disabled, some computers do not allow ICMP packets (like ping) by default. Make sure that ICMP traffic is enabled.

[jhake]

yes, i can ping the host from the vm and vm from server and to other computer connected to the server

[jhake]

I already solve this problem. Thanks!

[socratis]

Would you mind telling us what exactly was the problem after all and how did you fix it?