Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2010 23:34:22 -0500 From: Weihang Wang <weihang@vt.edu> To: Timm Wimmers <timm@ticore.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD on Virtualbox: No network access Message-ID: <9B3337B8-3F20-4369-A637-207DEE43A143@vt.edu> In-Reply-To: <1291368354.2905.19.camel@SHR-42-002> References: <BD9E30A7-919D-4145-A6B6-A9A086B6D7C2@vt.edu> <4CF87854.1030103@mgwigglesworth.net> <EA5E99C7-AA29-4D8B-BBAD-F1463C7B1CDA@vt.edu> <1291368354.2905.19.camel@SHR-42-002>
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On Dec 3, 2010, at 4:25 AM, Timm Wimmers wrote: > Am Freitag, den 03.12.2010, 00:33 -0500 schrieb Weihang Wang: >> Hi Martes, >>=20 >> I have tried the first two interfaces which are said to be supported = by FreeBSD, they do not work. Surprisingly, now I choose the option = "Intel PRO/1000 T Server" and in NAT mode, it works now!!!! >> Thank you so much, you do me a great favor!! Hope this also works for = Chris! >=20 > In most cases it is better to use bridge mode. In NAT mode your VM get = a > private subnet and other devices in your network can't find your VM, > because the VM is behind (or encapsulated in) your HOST (as like as = your > HOST is behind your router to the internet). This can work if you = define > routes, but bridging is mostly easier. >=20 > In Bridge mode your VM acts like any other machine in your network and > will get an IP-Adress from your DHCP server (if you use DHCP). >=20 > --=20 > Timm >=20 > [1] HSOT =3D your Ubuntu Workstation >=20 Hi, Could someone tell me how to enable Bridge mode? I just change the network settings of my virtual machine, change it to = bridged mode. I also select the eth0, which is the physical interface of = my system.=20 Then in my virtual machine, I add one line: ifconfig_em0=3D"DHCP" in /etc/rc.conf file. I have changed each of the five virtual interfaces Intel and ..., but I = could not get network access.=20 If I use NAT mode, one of these five interfaces works fine. But now I do = need the Bridged mode because one of my machine would be a server in my = experiment. Hope to hear from you. Thanks in advance. Best, W.W.=
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