Bridged networking not working in Virtualbox under Windows 10

Question

I just upgraded my laptop from Windows 7 to Windows 10 and found that I am unable to start Virtualbox VMs configured with a bridged adapter.

See the configuration below:

Answer 1

First of all you have to create a VirtualBox Host-Only Ethernet adapter

In Virtualbox :

• Go to File > Preferences On the Network tab select Host only Networks click on "add a Host-only adapter" give it a name by default it is "VirtualBox Host-Only Ethernet adapter"

In Windows :

• go to Network connections on Windows and highlight both the real adapter and the new virtual ethernet adapter that you just created.
• Right click and select "Bridge Connections", it's going to create a network bridge in Windows.

Now configure your VM :

• in the Network part you can activate a new adapter and then select Attached to Host only adapter
• Choose the VirtualBox Host-Only Ethernet adapter you have just created

You can now configure your static IP Address by modifying /etc/network/interfaces :

auto eth0 iface eth0 inet static address 10.1.1.100 netmask 255.255.255.0 gateway 10.1.1.1 

You can now restart eth0 by doing :

sudo ifdown eth0 sudo ifup eth0 

Some wireless adapters don't work

Answer 2

Go to your net card. Go to properties and then Install -> Service, which? This: VirtualBox NDIS6 Bridged Networking Driver

Reopen Virtual Box