DHCP is not enabled for "VirtualBox Host-Only Network"

[Immancy]

Create a new VM. Use a Linux LiveCD but change the network card from NAT (the default) to HostOnly. Does the guest get an address?

Can i install it from iso downloaded from online? Please let me know

[socratis]

Yes, exactly, but don't even bother installing it. Just go into Live mode, after you've changed the Network Adapter to be Host Only.

[Immancy]

I did a re-installation, after carefully deleting all the host only and the ghost dhcp servers that was conflicting earlier.
Now I could not create any host only adapter, its throwing an error

"Failed to create the host network interface"
SetupDiCallClassInstaller(DIF_INSTALLDEVICE) failed

[socratis]

Would you mind doing a "careful" re-installation, according to the recipe I gave you? viewtopic.php?f=6&t=83252#p394075

If it still fails, then right-click on the VirtualBox shortcut. Select "Run-as-Administrator". Go directly in the VirtualBox Preferences » Networks » Host-only networks » Add. "OK" your way out. Quit VirtualBox, launch it normally.

[Immancy]

Finally finally it worked. Thank God.
After the reboot the adapter appeared (with 10 more adapters which got created every time when i tried to create earlier)
Apart from the re-installation, On the Host-Only adapter network setting, i Checked the cable connected this time.
now I could talk with the guest machine.
Few other steps I followed, in the windows firewall i disabled the the firewall and enabled it again for the Ethernet adapter.

Thank you for all your help.

[MoKanan]

Sometimes, it could happen that the interface setting inside host OS are wiped out!
I cheked the host /etc/network/interfaces , and found that the primary interface entries were not present
I updated the file with host primary interface:

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auto  enp0s3
iface enp0s3 inet dhcp