Virtual Box or Ubuntu?

[Derek Broughton]

Nils Kassube wrote:

> klybear wrote:
>> On Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:03:23 -0300, Derek Broughton wrote:
>> > iirc there's no way to make VirtualBox use anything but a 10.*
>> > address for NAT
>>
>> Yeah I really struggled to understand why they set that in stone. As a
>> new user of Virtual Machines, I feel there must be some obvious reason
>> for this restriction, but for the life of me I can't it figure out.
> 
> IMHO it isn't important to use a specific IP address for NAT inside the
> VM. If the VM should be visible to the outside world or if you really care
> about the IP address, use bridge mode (Hostinterface) instead of NAT.

The outside world is _easy_ (with NAT) - it's trying to get at anything else
on your LAN that is practically impossible!

> The 
> setup is a bit more tricky but you can use any IP address you want.

That's the understatement of the year.  I thought I understood networking at
the expert level - but I'll be damned if I can get a usable network using
bridge mode.
-- 
derek