How to Make Virtual Machines Talk to Each Other in VirtualBox

How do you make two virtual machines talk to each other and the Internet in VirtualBox? This video explains how to do this.

Short answer:

1. Create a new NAT Network in VirtualBox, by going to Tools in VirtualBox Manager / Network.
2. Click on the + sign to add a new NAT network.
3. Click on the Gear icon to change the new NAT network settings.
4. Add each guest (virtual machine) to this new NAT network - in the guest menu, go to Machine / Settings / Network.
5. Change "Attach to:" to "NAT Network" and select the NAT Network you created.

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[flioink]

Thanks for clearing this up!
Note: On the newer versions of VirtualBox the Network setting is in a different location
so you must press the icon that is located right of the pin icon in the "Tools" menu(the one with the wrench and screwdriver)

[poconnor]

Every tutorial on setting up a virtual lab environment that requires comms between hosts should begin with this presentation, most people never go over this step. Thank you.

[yannelanga]

Simple, short, direct but very effective. Thank you.

[noahhamilton]

You have no idea how long I tried to resolve this problem. Your video was a life saver!

[filipebcs]

have gone through several tutorials trying to get two VMs on Virtual Box to have unique IP addresses and ping each other. None of these tutorial were straightforward and precise on solving the problem as you were! Thank you very much for this!

[Cernfus]

If you run into the same issue as I did and have the same IPs for cloned VMs:

Go to Network Settings > Advanced > Refresh the Mac Address for one of the machines.

The Virtualbox Host assigns depending on MAC (Hardware) Addresses and as cloned machines have obviously the same MAC (D''oh), they will be assigned the same IP eventhough theyre different individual machines.

After the change of the MAC Address, reboot the changed machine (or wait, but I'd reboot) and you should be there with two different IP's.

Otherwise, a very nice tutorial and of course there is no need to explain this particular error as it might not be common!

[markdavid]

I agree with Yann (below) there are so many videos that drag out every last detail! Yours in ON POINT everything we need to know in a short period of time. THANK YOU!

[mkahler]

TY I watched like 12 foreign videos no one was so simple like yours! TY for clear and easy instructions!

[rociofonseca]

Oh man I love you so much, I've been cracking my head all afternoon trying to figure it out and it took you less than 5 min to fix my problem, thank youuuu

[andyblendermann]

Very straightfoward and worked like a charm 5 years later! The GUI options look a bit different on virtualbox but this still worked.

[sbyurt]

Thank you, this is a very efficient resource to be able to send students instead of stopping the entire group to help them.

[mknana]

OMG, this has saved me two weeks of dealing with bridge adaptor issue in Virtual-box. Thank you.

[razzizle]

Great video. No fluff, and straight to the point.

[andrei]

Spent the whole day to understand my problem. Ultimately, found you video and solved it for 5 minutes, thanks a lot!

[thatguyyouknowtheone]

The short answer in the description is godlike. I'll still watch the whole video but thank you so much

[BIRESHKUMARSINGH-irsn]

Thank you very much❤❤
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[mrkrabs]

Simple and short. Helped me solve a very annoying issue I had. You deserve a like and subscribe for that!

[TaylorSwifty]

Love the way you present this information very easy to understand and well structured! Subscribed!

[natalie.Maharaj]

Works perfectly. My Kali VM can surf, my other (vulnerable) VMs cannot; but they can all talk to to each other. Thanks!

[thurmansanders]

You made this way too easy...ran around the block for a couple of hours before I found this simple explanation...thanks !