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How to do networking between virtual machines in VirtualBox?

Fresh5 days ago
Mar 15, 2026400607 views
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I have two virtual machines in VirtualBox. I would like to do networking between them. For the moment I have the default configuration on both, but they seem to have the same IP-address . I would also like to be able to use Internet with both, and that is Possible now. By default the network-setting is NAT, but it seems like they cannot network internally since they have the same IP. But If I change to I guess that I cannot access Internet with the virtual machines. How can I set up networking between virtual guest AND have access to Internet on them?

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10.0.2.15

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Have you tried this Virtual Networking Guide ? The virtual machine receives its network address and configuration on the private network from a DHCP server integrated into VirtualBox. The IP address thus assigned to the virtual machine is usually on a completely different network than the host. As more than one card of a virtual machine can be set up to use NAT, the first card is connected to the private network 10.0.2.0, the second card to the network 10.0.3.0 and so on. I think what you're lo…

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