Add a host only adapter to the VM in VirtualBox On the client, setup eth1 to use a static IP address temporarily.
$ ifconfig eth1 192.168.56.101 netmask 255.255.255.0 upTo make this change permanent, add the following to /etc/network/interfaces*
$ sudo nano /etc/network/interfaces# The host-only network interface
auto eth1
iface eth1 inet static
address 192.168.56.101
netmask 255.255.255.0
network 192.168.56.0
broadcast 192.168.56.255