Virtual Box Host-only Adapter ----------------------------- Add a host only adapter to the VM in VirtualBox On the client, setup eth1 to use a static IP address temporarily. ```bash $ ifconfig eth1 192.168.56.101 netmask 255.255.255.0 up ``` To make this change permanent, add the following to **/etc/network/interfaces*** ```bash $ 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 ```