Similar setup. Similar problems. When I tried starting the homestead box with Virtual Box GUI running, it seems to get hung up on a homestead login.

Turning WIFI off did get homestead going but developing with WIFI off isn't exactly ideal.

I am currently on the road so it must have something to do with the unfamiliar WIFI connection I am using.

I have exactly the same issue, I've seen a lot of "fixes" by googling around, but none has solved my problem.

Were you guys able to solve this? I can't connect from my office's wifi, but if I connecto to my iPhone's hotspot everything works fine. I've been finding more and more people with this problem, but most of the fixes are related to PC's virtualization, and have nothing to do with mac. I have the same setup as gstjohn, except I'm on a MBP retina.

i have same problem

Make sure that there isn't an IP address confliction with your wifi and the VBox. I usually set mind to 10.8.0.23 to be sure its not conflicting with the local network.

I updated my homestead box to ver. 0.1.8 and it seems to be fixed now.