

my Windows host needs to connect to the LAMP server for Samba, to access my source files, and an HTTP connection, to test on a browser. Both OSes need to talk to each other, i.e. I'm a Web developer and use a LAMP server for my development. The Bridged adapter is supposed to achieve this, but it has not worked for me (and many it seems) without a router. Since it seems to be a headache for many, I thought I would share. I have been torturing myself all day trying to successfully set up a bridged network connection between a Windows XP host and an Ubuntu 9.04 guest on VirtualBox 3.0.4 that is itself capable of accessing the Internet without using a router.
