Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:19:49 -0800 From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> To: Fredrik Lindberg <fli@shapeshifter.se> Cc: freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Bridged networking for virtualbox on -current? Message-ID: <4B0972B5.40903@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <4B0963BF.1070908@shapeshifter.se> References: <4B08DD0C.3080106@FreeBSD.org> <4B0963BF.1070908@shapeshifter.se>
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Fredrik Lindberg wrote: > Doug Barton wrote: >> Is bridged networking for vbox supposed to work on -current? It says >> on the wiki that it does, but I tried it tonight and couldn't get it >> to work. >> >> I did see one page that suggested trying one of the Intel virtual >> nicks, which I did, no luck. >> >> If this is not supposed to work it would be nice to update the wiki, I >> spent quite a bit of time trying to get it to work that I hope was not >> wasted. >> > > The short answer is that it should work. The long answer is that > it depends, for example it doesn't play nice when trying to > bridge a virtual nic with an if_bridge interface. > > A slightly more verbose description of your environment and what > error messages you're seeing would probably help. Thanks. I'm using an up to date -current, and my outgoing nic is wlan0. I followed the instructions on the wiki. I first tried the default nic in OSE then I tried the first Intel nic on the list (which required downloading drivers of course). Doug -- Improve the effectiveness of your Internet presence with a domain name makeover! http://SupersetSolutions.com/
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