Virtual Box Network Settings IP Assignment
Network
- Use host adapter (Using host adapter does not allow you to connect to the internet)
- You can communicate to other VMs in the same host
- and you can communicate to host from the guest
- Check for IP address by running ifconfig command in the terminal window
- Set Up NAT to access the internet - Accessing the internet is essesntion while performing the Social lab
Access guest from host
- The host adapter interface is set up with IP address 192.168.56.101
- This IP address is mapped to the host name oam.example.com
- To access all apps in the guest image from your laptop/desktop modify your hosts file (Linux /etc/hosts and Windows c:\windiows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts) with the value 192.168.56.101 oam.example.com
- Please note you should be having root/administrator privileges to carry out the above