> > 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: > > 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.
Right, so my question is for a configuration where the guests are using the host as their default router, and the only other host on their subnet, does it seem like a good idea to use host-only rather than bridged. Larry _______________________________________________ vbox-users mailing list [email protected] http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
