Questions tagged [virtualbox-networking]
Questions about the specifics of networking for virtualbox guests
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How to set static IP address?
I have configured network adapter of guest Ubuntu to work in a bridged mode so I could ssh to it from the host machine.
The problem is that the guest Ubuntu ip address keep changing.
Even though ...
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What are the main differences between VirtualBox networking types? [closed]
I'm trying to use VirtualBox to host a couple of VMs.
Each VM should be able to connect to the Internet (this is needed primarily to install software)
My Host browser should be able to connect to the ...
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How do I connect to the wifi in Ubuntu within my Virtual Machine?
I have a virtual machine installed on my Windows 8.1 laptop with Ubuntu installed on it, but when I open the Network menu it doesn't show any wireless networks. How do I connect Ubuntu in my virtual ...
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No internet connectivity in virtual-box with both Host and Virtual OS being 12.04
I have Precise 12.04 installed as the host OS. In VirtualBox,I also have installed 12.04.
I am not able to connect the Virtual 12.04 to the host internet. I have tried selecting all the available ...
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How to let a VirtualBox guest (running Windows) access the Internet?
I have a VirtualBox virtual machine. The host machine runs Ubuntu. The guest (virtual) machine runs Windows XP.
I googled this problem, and people claim that they fixed it by changing adapter type to ...
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apt.conf "Acquire::http:Proxy "proxyserver:port" seems not to be used (Ubuntu 13.04 under Virtual Box on Win7)
This is for an installation of Ubuntu 13.04 Desktop in a VirtualBox VM.
I'm on a corprate network with an HTTP proxy at x.y.z.251:9090. I've configured the guest OS with the autoconfiguration script, ...
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Cant access in-built Bluetooth for Windows in Virtual Box
Do anyone know how to access in-built Bluetooth in Virtual Box. I am using Ubuntu and have installed VM(virtual box) and Windows 10 in it but somehow I am not able to access the Bluetooth. Bluetooth ...
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Step by step guide to setup a DHCP server / client configuration in VirtualBox
I'm trying to implement DHCP on two VirtualBox machine, which both are running Ubuntu 16.10 (One as client, one as server) and the host is a Windows 10.
How do I go about doing this?
A step by step ...
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How to install VirtualBox Extension Pack?
I have x64 bit VirtualBox. I installed it on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.
I now need the extension package for my VirtualBox, but I am not sure which one and how to install it?
I only know that I should ...
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Virtualbox Ubuntu 17.04 cannot connect to the internet
I upgraded Ubuntu 16.04 LTS to 17.04 last two days ago. Ever since, I've been trying to connect to the internet, tried to change the 'bridged adapter' under setting > network. left at "NAT" ( as ...
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Unable to ssh into Ubuntu VM running w/ a NAT ip address even w/ openssh-server installed
This is a fresh install of Ubuntu Server 12.10 running VirtulBox 4.8.2 on a Kubuntu 12.10 host. I have Ubuntu Server running w/ a NAT'ed IP Address (10.0.2.X or something like that). I want to ssh ...
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VBox Failed to open/create the internal network after upgrading to ubuntu 13.10
Every thing was perfect I have 2 guest Virtual machines (ubuntu server 12.04 and Win 7) on ubuntu 13.04 but after upgrading host to 13.10 I can't start them with bridged network adaptator....
Failed ...
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USB Ethernet interface in virtual Ubuntu 18.04 disabled after every reboot
(tl;dr) My USB 3.0 ethernet adapter is found (lsusb), but the Ethernet interface is disabled after every reboot in Ubuntu 18.04 beta 2, even if I enable it with ip or ifconfig command (funny: it's ...
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Problems with NAT Adapater since upgrade to Ubuntu 12.10
I was running Ubuntu 12.04 w/ VirtualBox installed. I was using the NAT interface to connect to everything. Basically running VBOX for testing some things and a Windows VM for Netflix..
Was back to ...
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DNS suddenly broken in Ubuntu VirtualBox
My Ubuntu 12.04 VirtualBox (Windows 7 host) suddenly stopped connecting to remote servers unless I refer to them by their IP addresses.
I'm looking for a way to fix this problem (or at least to ...
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Cannot run virtual machines after upgrading virtualbox from 5.0 to 5.1
after upgrading from virtualbox 5.0 to 5.1 , when i try to run my old virtual machines i get this error
NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005)
I am using ubuntu 16.04 as my host machine
Looking at other ...
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Traceroute shows request timeout message with stars
When I try to run traceroute in my Ubuntu Virtual Machine (Oracle) it only shows the first hop(self hop) and then it shows * * * and request timed out message
traceroute to www.amazon.in (108.158.254....
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Setup LAN connection with Windows Guest
I want to setup a samba server on My Ubuntu host for My Windows Guest in Virtual Box.
The Question is : How can I achieve this or Is it possible?
Note:
I am not trying to use the shared folder feature ...
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Network is unreachable
I have one server using 192.168.1.2/24 and the other server using 192.168.2.2/24. They are connected on my router with separate adapters.
I tried ping test from my router, it worked.
However, when ...
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