id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	component	version	resolution	keywords	cc	guest	host
6797	vm fails to start with nat network octet = 255 => Fixed in SVN	shawn		"My Debian guest on my Windows XP host fails to start up If I try to use a nat network that has an octet equal to 255.

For instance, if I execute:

VBoxManage.exe modifyvm candiru --natnet1 ""10.0.255/24""

The below error displays when I try to start the candiru vm:

Failed to start the virtual machine candiru.
NAT#0: Configuration error: network '10.0.255/24'
describes not a valid IPv4 network
(VERR_INVALID_PARAMETER).
Failed to attach the network LUN
(VERR_INVALID_PARAMETER).
Unknown error creating VM (VERR_INVALID_PARAMETER)
Details
Result Code: E_FAIL (0x80004005)
Component: Console
Interface: IConsole {6375231a-c17c-464b-92cb-
ae9e12Bd71c3}

Additional failed networks:

10.1.255.0/24
10.2.255.0/24
10.255.0.0/24
172.16.255.0/24
192.168.255.0/24

Networks successfully used as arguments to natnet:

10.0.254.0/24
10.1.254.0/24
10.2.254.0/24
10.254.0.0/24
172.16.254.0/24
192.168.254.0/24"	defect	closed	network/NAT	VirtualBox 3.2.0	fixed			Linux	Windows