Setup Windows host to CentOS guest network in VirtualBox

• 1 On the Windows host:
  VirtualBox Manager CentOSName->Settings->Network Adapter2 Tab:
  Select Host-only Adapter
  Name: VirtualBox Host-Only Ethernet Adapter
  Generate MAC
  Cable connected
  
• 2 On the CentOS guest:
  cd /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts
  sudo vi ifcfg-eth1
  DEVICE="eth1"
  BOOTPROTO=static
  HWADDR=08:00:07:AB:CD:EF # Must match vbox generated MAC
  IPADDR=192.168.56.10 # same network as host
  NETMASK=255.255.255.0
  ONBOOT=yes
  sudo service network restart
  
• 3 Test:
  ping centos guest from windows command line:
  ping 192.168.56.10
  
• N VirtualBox Host-Only Ethernet Adapter is missing:
  VirtualBox Manager->File->Preferences->Network Host-only Networks Tab:
  Add one or customize host ip address. This ip address must match with VirtualBox Host-Only Network Adapter (IPv4 Settings).
  

References

• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/22110622/ping-response-request-timed-out-vs-destination-host-unreachable