Vista (running ubuntu)

[Derek Broughton]

Nils Kassube wrote:

> Derek Broughton wrote:

>> 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...
> 
> Then the other sources didn't include the VirtualBox manual :)

Well, yes, that was my primary source.
 
> Actually I use static addresses on my main machine where I am using
> VirtualBox with a bridge setup for a long time now. But I wanted to
> change my laptop to a bridge setup anyway, so I did it now and made some
> notes. My laptop doesn't use static addresses, so I used the DHCP setup
> from the VirtualBox manual.
> 
> And be warned, don't try it with a wireless interface because wireless
> interfaces usually don't support bridging (according to what I just read
> in the VirtualBox manual).

Well, then, it makes it pretty much useless.  Not to mention impossible to
understand.  Bridging is just a function of ethernet - what kind of
interface is involved _should_ be irrelevant.  As far as the Bridge device
is concerned, it's just another client program sending data to the external
interface.  It can't even _know_ what the external interface is.
-- 
derek