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Originally Posted by yessirsir
So i tried to do as mentioned by you guys, at first "blindly" with only what seemed right according to what you said but i guess i don't know what i am doing cause i only ended up crashing my VM as soon as i go in "my network connection"
now i am using a wired connection but i also could do wireless if required.
i played around with the Vbox settings after putting one adapter to NAT and one to bridge ... first adapter enabled, fast II , fast III, cable plugged or unplugged..etc, but doesnt work
the internet only works when i put the settings as shown in the images attached
is it the the VM settings AND in windows that i need to setup the bridge ?
in windows i need to network connection to do bridge right ? so one linked to the host and one acting as a bridge, then config the bridge ip to WAN... why cant i just use the connection that is linked to the host only instead of bridging ?
wow this supposed to be simple ? can one of you guys tell me how to set that up cause i checked guides too
(like this)
https://help.ubuntu.com/9.04/serverg...iguration.html
but i dont get it .
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Sorry it has been so painful for you.
Which version of VirtualBox 3.0 are you using? Like many new versions, 3.0 introduced new features and new bugs. If you need the new features of 3.0 then do ensure you are using the latest release; if stability is more of a priority for you then better go with the last 2.x release for now. That said, I'm running 3.0.4 and its good enough for everyday use but occasionally networking doesn't work in which case I shut down the VM and restart it.
An early 3.0 workaround for bridged mode not working is to configure the first network adapter in bridged mode and the second network adapter in Host-only mode. You don't need to use the second network adapter in the guest OS; it just has to be there. Might be worth trying.
Regards the settings shown in the screen-shots (very nice, thank you) they effectively use the host like a NATting router. They will allow the guest to initiate connections to the network but do not allow the host to have its own IP address on whatever network the host is on.
The guest OS doesn't need to know anything about the bridge. As far as it is concerned it has an ordinary network adapter that appears to be wired to a network; the only configuration you need to do on the guest OS is to configure the IP address, netmask, default gateway and DNS servers -- or configure it to use DHCP to get the same.
Regards
configuring bridging in ubuntu 9.04, it is not necessary since early VirtualBox 2.x. VirtualBox software running on the host does it all for you.
Probably better to use the VirtualBox default network adapter type (PC-net FAST III) because this is the one most used and so best tested. And you certainly need the virtual cable plugged in!
Good luck!