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I connected to a wireless point and use "ifconfig" but I don't see any IP in eth0. Where's my IP address? Sorry if this is a silly question. :)

I want to use "ping" in Virtualbox Windows 7 guest. Which IP should I type in that machine?

terminal IP info

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  • wlan0 > 192.168.1.198
    – One Zero
    Jan 29, 2012 at 8:33
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    when your are connected through wireless wlan0 will work , wlan mean wireless lan
    – One Zero
    Jan 29, 2012 at 8:34
  • check the ip address of windows 7 machine , ipconfig or by network adapter status
    – One Zero
    Jan 29, 2012 at 8:38
  • I want to ping Ubuntu from Windows 7 guest machine. Do I type "ping 192.168.1.198"? Jan 29, 2012 at 8:40
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    from windows 7 , open prompt and type " ping 192.168.1.198 " its mean you are pinging ubuntu from windows 7
    – One Zero
    Jan 29, 2012 at 8:47

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The easiest way to get this is to just open up your connection information from the appindicator, like this:

connection information

That brings up your local IP address. Note that this isn't your IP address on the Internet, just your local address. You can always go to whatismyip.com for an easy way to see it.

IP info

In your screenshot, eth0 is an Ethernet connection, and wlan0 is your wireless connection. To get your IP address in the Windows virtual machine, try typing ipconfig/all at a command prompt (Start/Accessories/Run/type 'CMD', and looking for your default gateway there:

windows cmd prompt

In this example, my guest sees the Ubuntu host as 10.0.2.2
windows pinging

It may be that the VM sees it as a wired connection, even on a laptop with the host using wifi.

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  • Very detailed! BTW thanks for editing my question title. Jan 29, 2012 at 9:46

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