Opened 6 years ago
Closed 4 years ago
#17917 closed defect (obsolete)
hostonly + allow all can't ping guest from host
| Reported by: | cderenne | Owned by: | |
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| Component: | network/hostif | Version: | VirtualBox 5.2.16 |
| Keywords: | can't ping guest from host but allow all | Cc: | |
| Guest type: | Windows | Host type: | Linux |
Description
Host : Fedora 28, kernel =4.17.9-200.fc28.x86_64 VirtualBox : 5.2.16 Guest : MSEgde - Win10 image downloaded from Microsoft
I have 2 NIC : NIC1 : NAT NIC2 : HostOnly Promiscious mode = Allow All
The trouble : Host can't ping guest (ping 192.168.56.101 not working)
Over informations : Guest can reach internet (via the NAT nic) Guest can ping Host (via Hosonly nic) (Host IP is 192.168.56.1) Guest Host Only Nic is 192.168.56.1.101
When pinging 192.168.56.101 (the guest) from the Host Got no answer but I see the incoming packets in the guest NetwordCard status screen.
In my situation, I can't use Bridge network so I need the hostonly network working good to make the host reaching the guest
I hope you will fix that bug soon. Thanks for your job, I like VirtualBox !!
Change History (4)
comment:1 by , 6 years ago
comment:2 by , 6 years ago
As 'vushakov' said, that is 99.99% a firewall issue. There is no problem in pinging host-2-guest and guest-2-host. Never heard of that one before...
BTW, it's usually better and faster, if issues get first addressed in the VirtualBox forums. More than 95% of the issues are resolved over there, which keeps the developers focusing on the bug fixes and enhancements, and there is no need for another ticket to keep track of. For example, yours is most probably not a bug and someone from the developers has to deal with it and close it as "Invalid".
comment:3 by , 6 years ago
Hmz, I was looking into this, because I see hostonly as an alternative for NAT, which is unstable in 5.2.6 on Mac OSX. I could also not ping 192.168.56.101, but I must admit the firewall in my Centos guest was still enabled at the time. When the playbook has finished, I should check with hostonly and the firewall turned off.
comment:4 by , 4 years ago
| Resolution: | → obsolete |
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| Status: | new → closed |


Have you checked it's not the Windows firewall in the Guest?