On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 1:37 PM, Susam Pal <[email protected]> wrote: > I am using VirtualBox 4.1.2 on Windows XP. I have running a Debian > 6.0.2.1 virtual machine in VirtualBox. I see that after I update the > DHCP setting for a host-only network adapter, the DHCP setting is not > used by the Debian virtual machine. It still manages to get an IP > address assigned by the old DHCP server. Here are the steps I > performed listed down in detail to demonstrate the issue: > > 1. File > Preferences > Network > Add a host-only network. > "VirtualBox Host-Only Ethernet Adapter" was created. > > 2. Edit "Virtual Host-Only Ethernet Adapter" and set: > > Adapter: > IPv4 Address: 192.168.20.1 > IPv4 Network Mask: 255.255.255.0 > > DHCP Server: > Server Address: 192.168.20.100 > Server Mask: 255.255.255.0 > Lower Address Bound: 192.168.20.101 > Upper Address Bound: 192.168.20.254 > > 3. I had a VM in which "Adapter 1" is set to: "Bridged Adapter". I > updated "Adapter 2" to "VirtualBox Host-Only Ethernet Adapter". > > 4. Booted my VM (It's running Debian 6.0.2.1). Upon running: ifup > eth1, I see that it gets DHCPACK from 192.168.20.100 and an IP address > of: 192.168.20.101. > > > So, everything is okay so far. Now, the issue I am facing follows in > the next 3 steps. > > > 5. Now I 'poweroff' the VM. > > 6. Edit File > Preferences > Network > "VirtualBox Host-Only > Ethernet Adapter" and set: > > DHCP Server: > Server Address: 192.168.20.110 > Lower Address Bound: 192.168.20.111 > (Left other fields untouched) > > 7. Now, if I boot my VM again and run: ifup eth1, I still see a > DHCPACK from 192.168.20.100 and it gets IP address: 192.168.20.101 > again. > > Why isn't the new DHCP setting being used? > > Regards, > Susam Pal > http://blog.susam.in/ | http://cotpi.com/ >
I tend to not use vbox to configure network settings for just this reason. The guest OS can (and often does) override this setting based on its on internal instructions. If I were you I would just use vbox to tell the vm how many network adapters to emulate, what type of adapters they are, and how these adapters are connected to (bridge, internal, whatever). Then configure the guests to do what you want for each adapter. HTH Rance ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BlackBerry® DevCon Americas, Oct. 18-20, San Francisco, CA http://p.sf.net/sfu/rim-devcon-copy2 _______________________________________________ VBox-users-community mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community
