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Host is Win 7 64 bit fully patched.

Command VBoxManage dhcpserver modify --ifname HostInterfaceNetworking-Virtualbox Host-Only Ethernet Adapter --enable returns "Syntax error: unhandled parameter: Host-Only"

Can someone please advise the correct syntax for starting that DHCP server.

TIA

You need to put the interface name between quotes since it contains spaces, like this:

noteirak wrote:You need to put the interface name between quotes since it contains spaces, like this:

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VBoxManage dhcpserver modify --ifname "HostInterfaceNetworking-Virtualbox Host-Only Ethernet Adapter" --enable

Thanks. If I do that I get an error "The host network interface with the given name could not be found..."

After checking the syntax, ifname already expects a Host-Only name, so please try this:

noteirak wrote:After checking the syntax, ifname already expects a Host-Only name, so please try this:

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VBoxManage dhcpserver modify --ifname "Virtualbox Host-Only Ethernet Adapter" --enable

Thanks to you as well, but using that syntax I still get that error "The host network interface with the given name could not be found..."

What is the output of:

noteirak wrote:What is the output of:

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vboxmanage list hostonlyifs

Name: VirtualBox Host-Only Ethernet Adapter
GUID: 20c858ab-161a-45f7-8b15-e70b2f66ed35
DHCP: Disabled
IPAddress: 192.168.35.1
NetworkMask: 255.255.255.0
IPV6Address: fe80:0000:0000:0000:9128:8332:c3ef:b61e
IPV6NetworkMaskPrefixLength: 64
HardwareAddress: 08:00:27:00:c4:b8
MediumType: Ethernet
Status: Up
VBoxNetworkName: HostInterfaceNetworking-VirtualBox Host-Only Ethernet Adapter

Try this. If it still doesn't work then I am out of ideas...

noteirak wrote:Try this. If it still doesn't work then I am out of ideas...

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VBoxManage dhcpserver modify --netname "HostInterfaceNetworking-Virtualbox Host-Only Ethernet Adapter" --enable

Thanks for trying. That syntax returns "DHCP server does not exist".

I have now restored the PC to an earlier state, with DHCP server enabled on the host adapter.