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I am new to VirtualBox, and this is my first VM setup. I am, of course having some problems.

I am running a Windows 8 host, and wished to create a Windows 8 guest. I have a separate key for the guest OS, and it installs fine. However, when the guest is running the host's network is semi-functional. I can access web sites, but services like Youtube do not work. The video freezes until I stop the guest VM.

I have the guest configured with a host-only adapter, but I have tried this with bridged as well. It is my hope that a host-only connection will allow the host and the guest to have their own private point-to-point link, while the host has access to the internet. I will probably want the guest to be able to access the internet later (just to verify licenses).

What might I be doing wrong here?

Edit: I could have swore that I made an edit earlier. I notice that the VM has its adapter address configured on the 10 network. The network settings for host-only have the DHCP server in the 192 range. This does not seen to be honored. A good first step would be to get the VM off of 10, since I already have 10 in use outside of VirtualBox.

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A classic mistake would be to give the guest the same MAC as the host, and then use bridged networking. Other than bandwidth issues (Windows Update running in guest?) I don't see how this can happen with a NAT guest.

Please read up on NAT. That way you'll understand that 10.x IP addressing is on a separate subnetwork. It really doesn't matter what other networks you have which also use the 10.x range. E.g. if you start up multiple NAT VMs they will all use separate 10.x networks, and all will be separate to any similar network on your host. The purpose of NAT is to translate packet addresses as they cross network boundaries.

This is not a NAT issue. The HOST was having networking issues, not the guest. The HOST is not using NAT here. And the HOST cannot have multiple 10 networks, especially when one is not managed by the VM.

A host issue? The last edit in your original post seems to make it quite clear that you were questioning address assignment in the guest, not the host.

The guest is using NAT, otherwise it wouldn't be using a 10.x address. That's the address range that VBox NAT engine assigns using DHCP. There's no mistaking it. I've already said that addresses used on other networks your host sees is not relevant.

And, I'll just mention again I'm still waiting for version information, along with the other diagnostic info requested.

Thanks for responding, but I've decided to go with VMWare. It does what I want it to do, and I don't mind spending the money.