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I have few VMs with Ubuntu 12.04 nad 12.10 and I'm using them in different networks (at home and at work). At work I'm using wireless connection and at home I have cable.

I'm using bridged mode and ubutnu can't handle it very well, because sometimes VM gets IP address, but I can't ping anything in the internet or even in my local network network. Both cards support bridged mode. Host is Windows 7 64bts. VMs are also 64 bits. Sometimes when I'll reboot VM, everything seems ok.

Any tips?

Edit:

  1. I'm starting Ubutnu VM at work and internet connection is working. Everything is fine. Bridged adapter is wireless card.
  2. I'm going home and launch this same machine, but before that I change bridge adapter to my cable network card.
  3. VM gets IP address, everything seems ok, besides network is not working. I can't even ping my router and I got IP from it (DHCP).
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Your question is very unclear, take your time to tell us a bit more and give us more details about what works and what doesn't. – guntbert Jan 13 at 14:05
See if it works with the virtual network cards configured as NAT instead of bridged – jackweirdy Jan 13 at 14:27
NAT is working like a charm. There are only problems with bridged mode. It's really weird. I get IP from my router and I see this host on the DHCP client lists on the router, but VM can;t ping that router. It looks like a problem with VBox bridged mode or maybe something with mac. I don't know exactly where should I find any debug/log info. – Simon Jan 13 at 14:28

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The question is simple,

Ubuntu 12.10 Sun Virtual Box can not get network connection if set up to use bridged adaptor. I have the same issue. NAT connection work fine. I need Bridged or go back to ubuntu 10.10 where this all worked...

Thanks

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Nah it's not that. The problem is that in one network I can use bridged mode and in the another one I can't. VM gets ip address properly. I can see that client on my router's website, but I can't ping anything nor router nor other devices in the same network. – Simon Jan 27 at 20:18

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