"NAT network" is a simple to configure thing. It includes a shared NAT
across many VMs.
"NAT network":
Internet
|
+-------+------+
| | |
VM1 VM2 VM3
"NAT" is this:
Internet
| | |
| | | <--- good-old "NAT" for every VM. They can't
speak to each other.
| | |
VM1 VM2 VM3
Every VM for itself.
-or- You can use Internal + gateway, which would require an extra VM.
"Internal" network alone is insufficient, because it lacks Internet capability.
And would result in this:
+-------+------+ <-- Internal network.
| | |
VM1 VM2 VM3
"Internal" + "Gateway VM"
Internet
| <--- vNIC1: good-old "NAT"
Gateway VM
| <--- vNIC2: connected to "internal" network.
+-------+------+ <-- Internal network.
| | |
VM1 VM2 VM3
This would work, assuming you configure NAT + DHCP properly on
"Gateway VM" and run a full-blown OS on it, but it will result in more
overhead (esp. RAM, and boot-time).
More complex would be to learn VDE - Virtual Distributed Ethernet. It
achieves the same thing, and available since VirtualBox 3.2.x.
VDE switch provides for shared NAT. (install "vde2" package first)
$
vde_switch -s /tmp/switch1
slirpvde -s /tmp/switch1 --dhcp
VBoxManage modifyvm "VM name" --nic<x> generic
VBoxManage modifyvm "VM name" --nicgenericdrv<x> VDE
VBoxManage modifyvm "VM name" --nicproperty<x> network=/tmp/switch1
The real professionals can go a step further, and use GNS3 - Graphical
Network Simulator.
https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=47775
This is the absolutely limitless way to do VirtualBox networks. Pure
ecstasy (@_@)
Best wishes.
-Technologov
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