Add a host-only adapter to the VM in VirtualBox. ### Temporary 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 ``` ### Persistent 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 ```