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Here is the summary.
VirtualBox 4.2.18
Host OS: Windows 7
Guest OS: Ubuntu 12.04
Networking: Bridged Adaptor
I can ping Host and other machines in host's network from ubuntu guest using hostnames. But, I can only ping the guest machine using IP address from host and network machines. I have avahi-daemon running on Guest OS.
I want to be able to ping/ssh the guest machine from host and other machines on network using hostname of the guest machine. Please help.
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The new guest VM that you created is not resolved by the other host machines in the network. You can try below solution.
Case 1:
Trying to connect to guest machine from a different host machine [say windows] in the network
open the file
C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts
Add the following Entry
ipaddressofguest hostname
Save the entry
From the windows host ping hostname [You will be able to connect to guest OS]
Case 2:
Trying to connect to guest machine from a different host machine [say Linux] in the network
open the file
/etc/hosts
ipaddressofguest hostname
Save the entry
From the Linux host ping/ssh using hostname [You will be able to connect to guest OS]
Sandeep
ZVIK
Posted 2013-10-30T01:01:22.403
Reputation: 121
5I don't have static IP addr for the guest. I want this to work without adding entry in hosts file, As guest IP might change later. – Punit Soni – 2013-10-30T17:49:10.400
See also http://superuser.com/questions/461323/543674
– Johann – 2014-07-03T22:42:03.430