virtualbox fans?

[pat decampos]

On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 1:59 PM, Bart Silverstrim <bsilver at chrononomicon.com
> wrote:

> Okay, experimenting with VM's after being soured to VMWare Server having
> "minor problems" with networking on latest kernels in Hardy.
>
> I took a test system and installed VirtualBox from the .deb binary (not
> OSE version) from VirtualBox's site.
>
> Installed WinXP. It's running with NAT networking, as it appears that
> there are a few hoops you have to jump through to get bridging to work
> properly :-/
>
> Clarification: if I have a network of 192.168.x.x, with the host on
> 192.168.0.10, and the guest in VirtualBox is NAT'd to 10.0.2.10 by it's
> own autoconfiguration, it looks like it can get into the Internet but I
> can't ping or connect to a machine on, say, 192.168.0.15, within my own
> network? And 192.168.0.15 can't get into the VM's system unless I enable
> port forwarding on 192.168.0.10 to point to the 10.0.2.10 address?
>
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I had nothing but issues with vbox and bridged networking. I ended up biting
the bullet and using VMWare Server. here;s the guide I tried to get vbox +
bridged networking to work:

http://samiux.wordpress.com/2007/07/11/bridge-network-interface-on-virtualbox/
It's old, but don't let the date scare you. It should be fine.
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