Unable to connect linux 7 guest from windows 7 host

[Sameer]

hi ,

Requirement is the connect from to my virtual machine from office network as well as from Wireless Network.
Unfortunately the connection is not working.

PFA the set of screenshots regarding the configuration.

kind regards
sameer

[Sameer]

Whenever i ping the ip address from my windows 7 machine command prompt it fails with the error"Unable to establish connection" timed out request .
Attaching the virtual box setup .

Can someone please assist.
kind regards
sameer

[mpack]

Host only means that only the host can connect to the VM. The VM is not on any publicly accessible network.

If you want the VM to participate on a LAN, it needs to be a member of that LAN, via bridged networking.

[Sameer]

HI Mpack,

Thanks for your reply

a)I want to access my virtual machine both on LAN/Wireless and without any network as well, for that I have created 2 adapters 1 host only and 1 bridged adapter .

b) However IF i disconnect my LAN (no network access) and try pinging with only host only adapter settings (disable bridged adapter) then also ping fails from my local machine

c) if i do ipconfig on my local machine i see the address and configure the same ip address as mentioned below in the ifcfg-enp0s3 file i see that the ping results succeed.

But i see success results even when my virtual box is in shutdown state. Does that mean the below IP address 192.168.188.1 is not my Virtual machines address.

Ethernet adapter VirtualBox Host-Only Network #2:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::86b:cd50:a721:367d%22
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.188.1
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

Tunnel adapter isatap.{0F5AC351-924C-492B-89E4-715422260EE7}:

kind Regards
sameer

[Perryg]

Report the results of the following from the hosts command window:

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VBoxManage list hostonlyifs

Note: Windows users must be in the directory that has VBoxManage.exe for the command to work.

[Sameer]

Hi Perryg,
Thanks for your response.
Please find the output as mentioned below.

C:\virtualbox_SR>VBoxManage list hostonlyifs
Name: VirtualBox Host-Only Ethernet Adapter #2
GUID: 18769feb-debf-4c41-8650-67426c712772
DHCP: Disabled
IPAddress: 192.168.188.1
NetworkMask: 255.255.255.0
IPV6Address: fe80:0000:0000:0000cd50:a721:367d
IPV6NetworkMaskPrefixLength: 64
HardwareAddress: 0a:00:27:00:00:00
MediumType: Ethernet
Status: Up
VBoxNetworkName: HostInterfaceNetworking-VirtualBox Host-Only Ethernet Adapter #
2

Name: VirtualBox Host-Only Ethernet Adapter
GUID: 0f5ac351-924c-492b-89e4-715422260ee7
DHCP: Enabled
IPAddress: 192.168.56.101
NetworkMask: 255.255.255.0
IPV6Address: fe80:0000:0000:0000:701b:7194:82bd:e301
IPV6NetworkMaskPrefixLength: 64
HardwareAddress: 0a:00:27:00:00:00
MediumType: Ethernet
Status: Up
VBoxNetworkName: HostInterfaceNetworking-VirtualBox Host-Only Ethernet Adapter


C:\virtualbox_SR>

kind regards
sameer

[Perryg]

So the question is why create a second host-only adapter?

[Sameer]

I understand that 2 host only adapters dont make sense over here but shouldnt one of the host only adapter still contribute in making connections from my host to the virtual box ?
why the ping request to 192.168.188.100 fails from my location when i had already defined it under ifcfg-enp0s3 with bootproto=static

kind regards
sameer

[Perryg]

Maybe if it is being used. It looks like you have two configured but are using the wrong one from you screen shot.
The address you are using is for #2 but you have #1 configured for the guest.

[Sameer]

Hi PerryG,All,

I have removed the extraconfiguraton /adapter present on my machine..

C:\virtualbox_SR>VBoxManage list hostonlyifs
Name: VirtualBox Host-Only Ethernet Adapter
GUID: 0f5ac351-924c-492b-89e4-715422260ee7
DHCP: Enabled
IPAddress: 192.168.56.101
NetworkMask: 255.255.255.0
IPV6Address: fe80:0000:0000:0000:701b:7194:82bd:e301
IPV6NetworkMaskPrefixLength: 64
HardwareAddress: 0a:00:27:00:00:00
MediumType: Ethernet
Status: Up
VBoxNetworkName: HostInterfaceNetworking-VirtualBox Host-Only Ethernet Adapter


But still whenever i trying to connect to 192.168.56.101 through putty , i get an error message saying network connection timed out. I have also attached screen shots of configurations in my machine.
Please assist.

kind regards
sameer

[Sameer]

hi ,

PFA setting which i used for virtual box.

kind regards
sameer

[Perryg]

What is the guest exactly? Are you certain that this is not a guest issue? Firewall, Etc..

[Sameer]

My Guest is Oracle Linux 7.0
To take care of any issues due to firewall i had also disabled the firewall itself but still its of no help.

My host is Windows 7 Service pack1 , please find screen shots of the same.

kind regards
sameer

[Sameer]

Perryg,

I went through many blogs/posts related to Oracle Linux on Oracle Virtualbox but couldnt find any bug/issue related to Oracle Linux.

kind regards
sameer

[Perryg]

Looking at your screen shot again I see that the cable connected is unchecked. That means no connection. Put a check mark in it and try again.