No Host only adapter selected

Probably, the virtual host-only network wasn't set up yet. Here's is how you can fix this:

  1. From the main menu, select File > Preferences (Ctrl+G) - NOT the settings of a single vm
  2. Select Network in the list on the left
  3. You should see an empty white box with "Host-only Networks" at the top. On the right, there are three buttons to manage them. Click the topmost one (with a green plus symbol). A new Host-only network will be created and added to the list.

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Normally, the settings of the new network will be ok, but for completeness, I give the default values here. You can access the settings for the host-only network through the screwdriver button on the right.

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  • Adapter:
    • IPv4 address: 192.168.56.1
    • IPv4 Network Mask: 255.255.255.0
  • DHCP server:
    • Enable server: checked
    • Server Address: 192.168.56.100
    • Server Mask: 255.255.255.0
    • Lower Address Bound: 192.168.56.101
    • Upper Address Bound: 192.168.56.254

You can change these settings to your liking, as long as they're consistent.


I installed virtual box recently and its different,

After Virtual Box is open, click on File>Host Network Manager>Add. This will add the 192.168.56.1/24 IP as shown above.

Now you can see vboxnet0 in the "Name" dropdown in the VM.


For those, who are in trouble finding "Host-only Networks" tab in File->Preferences->Network.

After the version VirtualBox 5.2.0, there are some changes with the location of "Host-only Networks" tab.

This tool is moved on the main UI toolbar, specifically the Global Tools split button on the right.

Alternatively, you can access it via Ctrl+W, or File->Host Network Manager menu.

Source: https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=85464

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