Virtual box Host only Network Interface

Question

When I am trying to add a new Network Interface for Host only network, Virtual Box version :Version 5.0.22 r108108.

I am getting a following error:

Could not find Host Interface Networking driver! Please reinstall.


Result Code: 
E_FAIL (0x80004005)
Component: 
HostNetworkInterfaceWrap
Interface: 
IHostNetworkInterface {455f8c45-44a0-a470-ba20-27890b96dba9}

Check if you still have the "VirtualBox Host-Only Ethernet Adapter" connection in "Control Panel\Network and Internet\Network Connections". If not, you should create a new network interface pointing to the VirtualBox network driver. — VinsanityL, Jun 21 '16 at 09:02

score 14 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 21 '16 at 19:35

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Reinstall the Virtual Box and restart your system.

answered Jun 21 '16 at 19:35

Arpit Agarwal

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Had exactly same issue, Reinstalling VirtualBox Version 5.1.12 r112440 on Win 10 fixed the issue. I did not have virtualbox Host-Only Network interface Created already after Reinstalling I got one. – Raja Ehtesham Jan 03 '17 at 13:37
I guess this issue comes only for Win 10 users. :P – Arpit Agarwal Jan 04 '17 at 21:22
Repairing the installation didn't help for me. I had to manually uninstall existing VirtualBox first. Not sure if the following was relevant, but I also started the installer with admin privileges. – Andrey Mikhaylov - lolmaus Sep 03 '18 at 11:47
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I have to log in and give you a vote up, you save my time. Thanks – Henry Bui May 07 '19 at 05:01

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 16 '17 at 07:54

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open virtual box -> select the default virtual machine-> setting -> network -> change host-only to bridged networking -> start virtual machine -> Open docker quickStart Terminal to connect

answered Nov 16 '17 at 07:54

mefor sy

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 03 '19 at 09:18

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You must reinstall de driver. Go to device manager, you will find an unknowen driver missing then update it by pointing to this link : C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\drivers\network\netadp6\VBoxNetAdp6.inf

answered Oct 03 '19 at 09:18

Yassine

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This was helpful to me. I went to Device Manager>Action>Add Legacy Hardware. I selected network adapter then browsed to `C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\drivers\network\netadp6\` and picked the driver. – agileMike Nov 04 '20 at 17:38

Andrey Mikhaylov - lolmaus · Answer 4 · 2018-09-03T11:46:51.817

Existing answers didn't help me, but this did:

Open the Network tab of your VirtualBox settings.

Cycle through all Adapter tabs and make sure none of them points to something non-existent, even if the adapter is disabled.

For disabled adapters, enable them, set to Not attached, then disable again.

Save.

UPD: that didn't solve it. The solution was to reinstall VirtualBox like @ArpitArgarwal suggests, but simply repairing it didn't help. What helped was:

Manually uninstall existing VirtualBox.
Install VirtualBox, starting the installer with admin privileges.

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Sep 22 '19 at 23:35

1.Open Virtual Box with Run as administrator. Then it showing below snapshot error: 0x80004005 belongs to Failed to open a session for the virtual machine. Check with this error correct or not.

http://commandstech.com/how-to-resolve-failed-to-open-a-session-for-the-virtual-machine-error-code-0x80004005/

5.Now, the issue may be solved. If an issue is still pending then close it Virtual Box. Then open with Headless start option. It means that Restart the Virtual Box.

score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Oct 23 '19 at 15:24

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In some cases, (worked for me) running and getting the latest update of vbox fix the problem. And got the Host Interface Networking driver automatically installed. The update I run was: VirtualBox-6.0.14-133895-Win

answered Oct 23 '19 at 15:24

sweetkaos

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Virtual box Host only Network Interface

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