

Notice that, at this point, the host-only interface appears to be "Automatically configured" in VirtualBox parameters (see the tooltip when hovering the interface with the mouse).ģ - Open Windows 10 network settings (Control Panel\Network and Internet\Network Connections)Ĥ - Notice that the newly created network interfaces uses DHCP configurations instead of manually configured settings.ģ - Create a Linux guest (such as Ubuntu 15.04), and attach it's first network adapter to the host-only interface.Ĥ - Run the guest (I chose to run in live mode to avoid to install the OS).


Vboxmanage.exe dhcpserver remove -ifname "VirtualBox Host-Only Ethernet Adapter" Vboxmanage.exe hostonlyif ipconfig "VirtualBox Host-Only Ethernet Adapter" -ip 192.168.56.1 -netmask 255.255.255.0 When using host only network interfaces on Windows 10, the interface IP address changes and the interface is not working anymore.ġ - Remove any existing host-only interfaces and dhcp servers.Ĭheck the assigned IP and netmask and reuse them in the following command:
