VirtualBox network modes

17 Oct 2017

VirtualBox network modes

Sometimes, looking neccessary network mode by restarting ant testing VM becomes really annoing.

Here is a table that describes all network modes in VirtualBox:

  VM ↔ Host VM1 ↔ VM2 VM → Internet VM ← Internet
Host-only + +
Internal +
Bridged + + + +
NAT + Port forwarding
NAT Network + + Port forwarding

Source: VirtualBox documentation - https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch06.html#networkingmodes