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VirtualBox: make host and guest OS talk between each other

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Mar 15, 202612707 views
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Problem

As I said in the title, I want to access via ssh my VM from the host OS and the other way around (both OSes are ubuntu; 10.10 on the host, 9.10 on the guest) To do so, I've configured a bridged NIC on the guest, attached it to my physical eth0 NIC and then statically assigned to both interfaces add…

Error Output

$ ifconfig 
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:1d:ba:65:10:12  
          inet addr:10.0.0.100  Bcast:10.0.255.255  Mask:255.255.0.0
...
$ rout…

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Fix for: VirtualBox: make host and guest OS talk between each other

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Rather than a "bridged" adaptor from what I can tell what you need to set up is a "host-only" adaptor. The bridged adaptor will cut out your host entirely and forward all data via your physical network card, even bypassing the NAT mode that is used …

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