EOS VirtualBox hosting Windows guest: host-only networking

[ng0177]

To get a “EOS VirtualBox hosting Windows guest: host-only networking” to work from scratch, the below steps were taken.
The objective is to access through the EOS FileManger under Gnome smb://??? a drive inside the Windows guest.

1. VB: Tools / Network Manager
2. VB: VM Settings
3. VM: Control Panel, Network, Adapter Properties
4. Samba

yay samba
sudo touch /etc/samba/smb.conf
sudo systemctl status smb
smbclient -L hostname -U%

Here, I am stuck. Any advice is welcome.

[dalto]

I am currently on my phone so I cant fully see those settings but it looks like you gave the host and the guest the same IP address.

They need to be different. Also, you dont need a default gateway on the guest.

[ng0177]

Appreciate. Setting in the Windows guest are amended.

I am not sure how to get the samba portion on the EOS host to work…

[ng0177]

@dalto

They need to be different. Also, you dont need a default gateway on the guest.

Really? A host-only looks like that.

[dalto]

A default gateway lets your VM know how to get to other networks.

In a host-only network, there is no access to other networks so a default gateway isn’t needed.

[ng0177]

Sorry, I have confused some settings and close this thread. I will post again, when the problem is more clear cut. Thank you.