Can ping between Host and Guest, but can’t acces webserver with Virtualbox

There are several ways you can approach this:

• Don't use a NAT adapter. I realize this may not be possible/desirable, but if you can select "Bridged" adapter and get an IP from that same subnet, all these problems (both gust->host and host->guest) go away.

• Use two virtual adapters, the regular NAT one for internet access, and a second "loopback" adapter in bridged mode on your own private subnet. The loopback will be used for communication between the host and guest(s), while the NAT adapter will handle the traffic outside of the host.

• There are a number of tricks to do port forwarding to the hosts, as well as open up guests to see the host. By default, I believe, both of these are blocked as to provide a better sandbox. There are plenty of questions here on Server Fault (tagged with VirtualBox) that talk about punching holes as described.

According to the VirtualBox manual, a virtual machine with NAT acts like a computer connected to the Internet through a router. In other words, the virtual machine is in a private network behind the router and cannot be accessed by the host.

If you change the network adapter to "bridged", the host will be able to see your virtual machine. But, so does everyone else on the same network. I have tried this with Windows 7 host and Windows 7 guest. Windows 7 discover each other immediately.

The manual also mentions about port forwarding, but I am still learning from other experts. Sorry, cannot give any suggestion on this area.

No much real help. But, hope this give you some idea.