Hello Cédric, Make sure that the Windows firewall is off on the guests' network adapters if you want them to ping each other.
Regards, Michael Cédric Paternotte wrote: > -- repost from forum -- > > Hi, > > I'm trying to get "Internal networking" to work between two XP virtual > machines on a same host but had no luck so far. > I'm sure I'm missing something stupid but I just don't see what. Some > insights would be great > > My configuration is > > Host system : > - Windows XP, wireless card, static ip 10.0.0.10 <http://10.0.0.10>, > mask 255.255.255.0 <http://255.255.255.0>, gateway 10.0.0.254 > <http://10.0.0.254> > > VM1 ("XP1") : > - Windows XP, static ip 192.168.0.1 <http://192.168.0.1>, mask > 255.255.255.0 <http://255.255.255.0>, no gateway > > VM2 ("XP2") : > - Windows XP, static ip 192.168.0.2 <http://192.168.0.2>, mask > 255.255.255.0 <http://255.255.255.0>, no gateway > > > Following the docs, this is how I tried to set up the internal network > (named "faraday") : > > > VBoxManage modifyvm XP1 -nic1 intnet > > > VBoxManage modifyvm XP1 -intnet1 faraday > > > VBoxManage modifyvm XP2 -nic1 intnet > > > VBoxManage modifyvm XP2 -intnet1 faraday > > So the two vms should now be able to ping themselves, right ? At least > that's what I understood. > > The doc makes it clear (at least to me) that VirtualBox takes care of > the wiring between the two vms and that no changes need > to be appliedto the host network configuration (no extra virtual nic > needed). > Using the same network id ("faraday") should be enough to make it happen. > > Obviously it doesn't, the vms don't see each other (no ping response). > > What am I missing ?? > > I also tried to use ips from the same subnet as the host (10.0.0.x) for > the vms but didn't get better results. > > Thanks, > > Cedric _______________________________________________ vbox-users mailing list [email protected] http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
