Share network between VirtualBox Ubuntu 16.04 Guest and Windows 10 Host

When you create a new VirtualBox image, the networking will be set to NAT, which is good for reaching the internet.

However, when you want to reach the network if the Host OS, you'll have to set the Network Setting to Bridged Adapter.

Open VirtualBox --> right click on the image --> Settings --> Network -->
set "Attached to" to Bridged Adapter.

I only investigated afterwards, but I managed to reach the Host's http://localhost/ from the Guest by connecting to the Ethernet IPv4 address of the host.

On the windows host, open the command line, and run ipconfig here you'll find your Ethernet IPv4 address. Run something on localhost, and you should now reach the site from the Guest on this ip address.

Read more on VirtualBox networking modes.

Manual Wireless Network Configuration

Unencrypted WLAN connect manually

sudo ifconfig wlan0 down
sudo dhclient -r wlan0
sudo ifconfig wlan0 up

iwconfig

sudo iwconfig wlan0 essid "Name Of Network"
sudo iwconfig wlan0 mode Managed
sudo iwconfig wlan0 ap MA:CA:DD:RE:SS:ZZ
sudo dhclient wlan0

Search For Networks:
sudo iwlist scan

Possible Network Handling Software:

netapplet

wifi-radar

gtkwifi

kwifimanager

netswitch

getwifi