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host only network vboxnetx will not start automatically

Posted: 24. Jul 2017, 12:56
by dogfish
Hi All,

OS="Linux Mint 18 Sarah" (fully updated)
Virtualbox version 5.1.24
using vagrant 1.9.7

for some reason my vboxnet* networks will always be in status 'down' unless I do

sudo ifconfig vboxnet0 up

which will bring the interface online. I'm not sure when this happened but everytime after a reboot I must perform this process. Anyone know why it happens or how I can resolve it? I don't know when this started happening but it's very annoying and interrupts a vagrant workflow.

Re: host only network vboxnetx will not start automatically

Posted: 24. Jul 2017, 13:21
by socratis
There is a sticky on the top of the forum that you posted: 5.1.24 Private Networks Failing on Fedora 26 (#16911). Have a look at it...

Re: host only network vboxnetx will not start automatically

Posted: 24. Jul 2017, 16:23
by dogfish
that's exactly it. sorry was searching on 'host only networking' etc. this can be closed/locked as i'll downgrade to fix my issue. thanks.