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Configuring VirtualBox host only networking: OSX host, Ubuntu guest

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SOLVED: I got this working by reconfiguring the vbox network settings to 192.168.21.19 (in VirtualBox -> Preferences -> Network) and commenting the line specifying a gateway as it's not needed (no external access on the host only interface) as per this post. I can then SSH to from OSX and connect t…

Error Output

ip 192.168.21.20
subnet 255.255.255.0

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Fix for: Configuring VirtualBox host only networking: OSX host, Ubuntu guest

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I reconfigured the virtual adapter IP on the host to so it differs from the guests configuration of - then they don't clash. See my updates in the post with more details about the solution.

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