diff --git a/labs/lib/osbash/templates/template-fedora-ifcfg-hostonly b/labs/lib/osbash/templates/template-fedora-ifcfg-hostonly
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+DEVICE=%IF_NAME%
+ONBOOT=yes
+BOOTPROTO=none
+IPADDR=%IP_ADDRESS%
+NETMASK=255.255.255.0
diff --git a/labs/lib/osbash/templates/template-fedora-ifcfg-nat b/labs/lib/osbash/templates/template-fedora-ifcfg-nat
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+++ b/labs/lib/osbash/templates/template-fedora-ifcfg-nat
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+# VirtualBox NAT -- for Internet access to VM
+DEVICE=%IF_NAME%
+ONBOOT=yes
+BOOTPROTO=dhcp
diff --git a/labs/lib/osbash/templates/template-ubuntu-interfaces-hostonly b/labs/lib/osbash/templates/template-ubuntu-interfaces-hostonly
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+auto %IF_NAME%
+iface %IF_NAME% inet static
+      address %IP_ADDRESS%
+      netmask 255.255.255.0
diff --git a/labs/lib/osbash/templates/template-ubuntu-interfaces-loopback b/labs/lib/osbash/templates/template-ubuntu-interfaces-loopback
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+++ b/labs/lib/osbash/templates/template-ubuntu-interfaces-loopback
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+# The loopback network interface
+auto lo
+iface lo inet loopback
diff --git a/labs/lib/osbash/templates/template-ubuntu-interfaces-nat b/labs/lib/osbash/templates/template-ubuntu-interfaces-nat
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+# VirtualBox NAT -- for Internet access to VM
+auto eth0
+iface eth0 inet dhcp