Static IP address for a VirtualBox Debian Lenny

In order to give a static adress instead of the DHCP assigned one, You can chose bridge network in the mail VirtualBox Control panel for You host (in settings -> Network).

If during the boot You see the error

SIOCSIFADDR: no such device
eth0 ERROR …. etc….

maybe You have a wrong MAC address in your file /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules matching the eth0 interface. So verify

  • the MAC address assigned by VirtualBox from the VirtualBox console,
  • the MAC showed by /sbin/ifconfig and
  • the /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules file one assigned to eth0.

Obviously the MAC address for this interface have to be the same!

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