VirtualBox host-Only Ethernet Adapter

[vMannyV]

Hello All,

New to the group and in need of assistance. I have and VM setup running linux on a Win 7 64bit host system. The net config for the VirtualBox machine is Host-Only with a bridge connection to the onboard nic. I included the VirtualBox Ethernet adapter information below but had a question of whether the default gateway should be left blank?

Ethernet adapter VirtualBox Host-Only Network:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VirtualBox Host-Only Ethernet Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 0A-00-27-00-00-00
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::447:b434:b41e:a954%23(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : nnn.nnn.nnn.1(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 336199719
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-1D-DD-12-9B-00-23-24-96-42-E6

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1

[BillG]

That is OK. A default gateway is only needed if the interface needs to contact other machines in a different IP subnet. The host only adapter does not do this. It is only used for traffic between the host and the guest using their 192.168.56.x IP addresses.