Sun Microsystems VIRTUALBOX VERSION 3.1.0_BETA2 User Manual
Page 134
8 VBoxManage reference
• If you use internal networking for a virtual network adapter of a virtual ma-
chine, use VBoxManage dhcpserver add --netname <network_name>,
where <network_name> is the same network name you used with
VBoxManage modifyvm <vmname> --intnet<X> <network_name>
.
• If you use host-only networking for a virtual network adapter of a virtual ma-
chine, use VBoxManage dhcpserver add --ifname <hostonly_if_name>
instead, where <hostonly_if_name> is the same host-only interface name
you used with VBoxManage modifyvm <vmname> --hostonlyadapter<X>
<hostonly_if_name>
.
Alternatively, you can also use the –netname option as with internal net-
works if you know the host-only network’s name; you can see the names with
VBoxManage list hostonlyifs
(see chapter
, page
above).
The following additional parameters are required when first adding a DHCP server:
• With --ip, specify the IP address of the DHCP server itself.
• With --netmask, specify the netmask of the network.
• With --lowerip and --upperip, you can specify the lowest and highest IP
address, respectively, that the DHCP server will hand out to clients.
Finally, you must specify --enable or the the DHCP server will be created in the
disabled state, doing nothing.
After this, VirtualBox will automatically start the DHCP server for given internal
or host-only network as soon as the first virtual machine which uses that network is
started.
Reversely, use VBoxManage dhcpserver remove with the given --netname
<network_name>
or --ifname <hostonly_if_name> to remove the DHCP
server again for the given internal or host-only network.
To modify the settings of a DHCP server created earlier with VBoxManage
dhcpserver add
, you can use VBoxManage dhcpserver modify for a given
network or host-only interface name.
134