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Date:      Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:36:15 -0800
From:      Norbert Papke <npapke@acm.org>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: VirtualBox: No network connectivity. Weird vboxnetflt.ko/vboxnetadp.ko behaviour
Message-ID:  <200911270836.15146.npapke@acm.org>
In-Reply-To: <4B0F8CA7.1080009@zedat.fu-berlin.de>
References:  <4B0F8CA7.1080009@zedat.fu-berlin.de>

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On November 27, 2009, O. Hartmann wrote:
> Befor going deeper into my config I will report some strange behaviour
> of needed kernel modules
> 
> vboxnetflt.ko
> vboxnetadp.ko
> 
> Both are needed for networking on VirtualBox and they get loaded at
> startup vi /boot/loader.conf. But to have a working network, I have to
> unload and then reload them, since if they get loaded at startup,
> networking is broken in virtual box!

The vboxnetadp.ko is needed for the "host-only adapter" mode, I tend not to 
load it. For bridged mode, you need vboxnetflt.ko.

I have been having good luck by always loading vboxnetadp.ko manually rather 
than from loader.conf.

> My FreeBSD-based config is simple. I have a bridged NIC (msk0), a tap0
> device which is member of the bridge.

I do not use a tap device. It should not be needed.  I bridge the physical 
device directly.

> Has anybody similar trouble?

The modules are a somewhat temperamental.  When I follow the above, it works 
great.  When I deviate, I sometimes have trouble.

Cheers,

-- Norbert Papke.
   npapke@acm.org


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