Vista (running ubuntu)

[Derek Broughton]

Nils Kassube wrote:

> Derek Broughton wrote:
>> I'd really like to get network bridging working - that was trivial when
>> I used VMWare, so far impossible under Virtualbox.
> 
> This is how it works for me - and please note:
> 
> 1. Here it doesn't really work if there is no network at the interface
> configured for the bridge (eth0) when I boot the machine.

Oh...  That could be awkward.

The rest of it, I _thought_ I'd done, but probably I've missed a step, so
I'll play with it again.  Still, I didn't have to do any of this with
VMWare, so that's one + for VMWare.

> Finally start the VM and check its IP address - it should come from your
> DHCP server and it should be different from the host. Now you should be
> able to ping the VM from other machines in your network.

Which seems to be where things always broke down - DHCP never seemed to
work.  The one thing that looks like it may be different from the how-tos
I've followed is that you have the bridge on DHCP, too - and I think the
other sources wanted me to make it static.  I don't like static
addresses...

I'll give it another try tonight, and let you know...
-- 
derek