Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:11:54 +0200 From: Fredrik Lindberg <fli@shapeshifter.se> To: Kevin Oberman <oberman@es.net> Cc: emulation@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New network capabilities? Message-ID: <4AAE6B4A.8090905@shapeshifter.se> In-Reply-To: <20090914155807.5ED7B1CC37@ptavv.es.net> References: <20090914155807.5ED7B1CC37@ptavv.es.net>
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Kevin Oberman wrote: > I see that the new port of VB seems to have added a couple of kernel > modules that are probably network related: vboxnetadp.ko and > vboxnetflt.ko. > > Do these provide new networking options? I have seen quite a bit of > discussion of new network code on this list, but I am not sure exactly > what they cover or how to use them and I don't see much on the wiki, but > it looks like TAP is now available. > > Any clues for the clueless? They implement "Bridge Adapter" (vboxnetflt) and "Host-only Adapter" (vboxnetadp). Bridge is what it sounds like, it will bridge the guest interface with a physical interface. So, if you want your guest to be a part of your network, select "Bridge Adapter" and the select your physical ethernet interface in the drop-down list. Host-only adapter can be used to create a virtual network among guests and the physical machine. It creates a vboxnetX interface that acts like it's connected to a separate ethernet segment to which the guests are connected. I don't know how the TAP stuff works. Fredrik
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