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I'm trying to setup a Hosts-only Adapter so I can connect to it. It says that invalid settings detected and the name: drop-down isn't populated. What am I doing wrong and how can I rectify it?

My Host is and my guest is .

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Why are you using Host only Adapter, it's primarily for communication between hosts, use NAT instead – HackToHell May 27 '12 at 15:24
@HackToHell I'm using it so I can http into the guest OS. – Kit Sunde May 27 '12 at 15:32
By http, you mean run a web server in the guest, NAS will work, Host Only is not neeeded – HackToHell May 27 '12 at 15:33
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@HackToHell I'd prefer not to do port forwarding and couple my local machine ports to the VM. I'd like to be able to access the VM on an IP I've assigned it, but not have to adapt to an external DHCP server. So I'm trying to go down this route: stackoverflow.com/a/2047646/29347 – Kit Sunde May 27 '12 at 15:48
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@HackToHell, Host Only is needed in a couple of scenarios which is why every VM provider offers it. This is not helpful input. – Rob Osborne Aug 3 '12 at 15:18

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It seems like these adapters are added in Virtual Box -> preferences -> network.

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wow that did the trick! +1! – FLY Aug 3 '12 at 9:20
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wow indeed, who writes user interfaces like this? – Rob Osborne Aug 3 '12 at 15:13
wow somebody wants all vm to be accessible! that's why. – JohnWong Mar 31 at 5:15

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