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VBox network mode to test Win 2008 server?

I have 2 machines running on my VirtualBox, one is a Windows XP client the second one is a 2008 Server with DHCP and DNS installed and configured.

now i want to test my server setup with my client machine, i tried all the network mode in VirtualBox but none of them worked

  • NAT mode get dhcp setting from VirtualBox itself i think
  • Bridged mode get dhcp from my router

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any idea what should i do ?

Solution

  • My first guess would be to configure both virtual machines to have a single virtual network adapter that is configured as "internal network" and set a static IP address on both virtual machines. That will effectively isolate both guests to their own private network for testing.