<p>How do I set up a network between the Host and the guest OS in Windows vista?</p>

[{'answer_id': 61188, 'author': 'Thomi', 'author_id': 1304, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1304', 'pm_score': -1, 'selected': False, 'text': "<p>I don't run vista, but virtualbox should do most of the setup for you - all you need to do is assign an IP address, subnet mask, and (optionally) a default gateway to your guest OS, and it should just work.</p>\n\n<p>Don't bother with any of the advanced network settings in the options for the VM - they're useful in some situations, but I've never had to use them, and I've been using virtualbox for some years now.</p>\n\n<p>If you post the specific problem you're having perhaps I can help more. But your question is rather vague...</p>\n"}, {'answer_id': 1638249, 'author': 'chmac', 'author_id': 198232, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/198232', 'pm_score': 2, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p>You can do this on a Linux host. I\'ve documented the steps I took in Ubuntu 9.04 <a href="http://www.callum-macdonald.com/2009/10/28/virtualbox-host-to-guest-networking/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a>.</p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 2047646, 'author': 'Matthew', 'author_id': 248714, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/248714', 'pm_score': 6, 'selected': False, 'text': "<p>Give the guest two network adapters, one NAT and the other Host-only.  The NAT one will allow the guest to see the Internet, and the Host-only one will allow the host to see the guest.</p>\n\n<p>One of them also allows the guest to see the host.  I'm not sure which, but I know it works since I've tested web server stuff with it.  You just have to choose the right IP address, 10.x.x.x or 192.168.x.x.</p>\n\n<p>Also, you may have to be careful about having File and Printer Sharing running on both adapters at once, since the guest will see its own name and conflict with itself.  I ran into this during install.</p>\n"}, {'answer_id': 2054265, 'author': 'Matthew', 'author_id': 249498, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/249498', 'pm_score': 4, 'selected': False, 'text': "<p>I've got a better answer than my first one.</p>\n\n<p>Give the guest a single Host-only network adapter, and enable Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) on the host.  I've tried this on a Windows XP host with a Windows XP guest.</p>\n\n<p>The guest can connect to the Internet.</p>\n\n<p>The guest can connect to the host at an address like 192.168.0.1 (chosen by ICS).  --  Remember to allow the guest through the host's firewall.</p>\n\n<p>The host can connect to the guest at an address like 192.168.0.22 (assigned by the DHCP service provided by ICS).</p>\n"}]
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