Larry, On Thursday 09 April 2009, Larry Riedel wrote: > > the user manual was not yet full updated to describe host-only > > networking in every detail. Section 6.7 is at least a start. > > > > Just select host-only as network interface. You have to > > select a host-only interface which is usually vboxnet0. > > Then go to the global settings page and change the > > settings for that interface. The IP / netmask are for > > the host side of this interface. > > For a configuration where guests should see the host > as a default router as well the only other host on > the guest network, is this the best way to go? As > distiguished from a configuration where the host is > essentially providing an Ethernet switch to which the > host and guests are all connected; the host could > also in that case act as a default router for a guest.
Not sure if I understand you, therefore I will shortly point out the differences here: * NAT: the guest has its own network. The host has on IP in that network (usually 10.0.2.2) but that network is only visible from the guest. * internal network: several VMs can connect to the same network but these VMs can usually only talk to each other, not to the outside. * host-only network: an internal network is connected to an host adapter. A host adapter is something like an ethernet device which is not connected to anything. Attaching an internal network to such a host adapter allows every VM connected to that network not only to talk with each other but to talk with the host as well. And an application on the host can talk to every VM connected to that network. * bridged networking: similar to host-only networking except that no host adapter is involved but an internal network is connected to a physical ethernet interface of the host. Every VM attached to that interface can talk 1) to each other, 2) to the host 2) and 3) to the same clients as the host can (i.e. to other hosts on the internet). Routing is done by the usual means of the host. Kind regards, Frank -- Dr.-Ing. Frank Mehnert Sun Microsystems http://www.sun.com/
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