virtualbox network problem

[Raseel Bhagat]

On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 3:32 PM, Luca Ferrari <fluca1978 at infinito.it> wrote:

> Hi all,
> I'm using ubuntu 8.04 and virtual box to host a system (windows xp). When
> the
> ubuntu system is connected via ethernet, and the virtual machine works with
> network attached to the host interface, the network works. When the ubuntu
> machine works with the wifi interface (wlan0), the hosted system does not
> work.
> It does not get the network address and, of course, does not work on the
> network.
> The following are commands I issue (as root) to make the ethernet working,
> and
> it works:
>
> tunctl -t tap1 -u claudia
> brctl addbr br1
> ifconfig eth0 promisc
> brctl addif br1 eth0
> ifconfig br1 192.168.1.202 up
> brctl addif br1 tap1
> chmod 666 /dev/net/tun
>
> The same commands, when applied to the wlan0, block the network interface
> and
> the hosted system results disconnected:
>
> tunctl -t tap1 -u claudia
> brctl addbr br1
> ifconfig wlan0 promisc
> brctl addif br1 wlan0
> ifconfig br1 192.168.1.237 up
> brctl addif br1 tap1
> ifconfig tap1 up
> chmod 666 /dev/net/tun
>

I think the steps you are taking are correct. Which version of VB are you
using ?
I remember that the older versions had a known issue with wireless bridging.

Don't really remember if that was sorted out , but here's a link to help you
out :
http://www.savvyadmin.com/virtualbox-wireless-bridging/

Thanks,
Raseel
http://raseel.in
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