NAT pointer hash error Ticket #1046

[marty916]

!!Assertion Failed!!
Expression: <NULL>
Location : /home/vbox/vbox-1.6/src/VBox/Devices/Network/slirp/tcp_subr.c(1341) VBoxU32PtrHashSlow
NAT pointer hash error. pv=00007f5f0c2b9010 cpvHashUsed=118 cpvHashCollisions=955

http://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/1046

Since this ticket hasn't been taken care of yet, I read that it is possible to use host interface. I want to run two virtualboxes both windows xp and I'm trying to create a virtual network adapter and use it in host interface networking with or without creating a bridge, The post is way at the bottom on how to do this
http://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/1046

I'm a newb at networking via vbox so a step by step would be execellent and appreciated, I am using Ubuntu 8.04 AMD64, my regular Internet connection is via eth0 (ip via dhcp). If someone can please help me set this up.


In the VirtualBox help there is a clear and detailed description of how a virtual network adapter could be added and how to use it in host interface networking but I get errors
and I've spent weeks on repairing and months crashing.

Does anyone know when this will be updated?

[frank]

As written there this is a problem with 64-bit hosts. Actually we are about to replace our whole NAT engine but this will take some time. We hope the next major release in a few month will contain the new code.

Did you actually try to install a host interface according to the user manual? You might also want to have a look at http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/User_HOWTOS.