Hello! This is the script I use to start my VirtualBox:
------------------------------------------------------------------------ #if you previously loaded the driver, you don't need #the following line. modprobe vboxdrv tunctl -t tap1 -u root brctl addbr br0 ifconfig eth0 0.0.0.0 promisc brctl addif br0 eth0 dhcpcd br0 brctl addif br0 tap1 ifconfig tap1 up ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Then as a normal user (which is in the vboxusers group) I simply start and configure my VirtualBox to use 'tap1'. $VirtualBox Hope this helps. Regards. Richard.