Maybe there was some vbox manage command to copy all traffic into a (pcap)
file for Wireshark sniffing, including from “internal “ network, but I
don’t remember what it was.

-Alexey Eromenko "Technologov"


On Mon, 29 Dec 2025 at 08:13, Alexey Eromenko <[email protected]> wrote:

> If you use internal networking, then only sniffing from guest OS is
> possible, but not from host, at least not easily.
>
> Few ways are possible as a solution :
> 1. Add a 3rd VM (guest) and sniff from there.
> -or-
> 2. Change network mode from “internal “ to “bridge”. This will allow to
> sniff from host OS. It could be “bridged” to a virtual network interface on
> the host, such as TUN/TAP interface, created on the host OS.
> -or-
> 3. Use “UDP Tunnel” network mode between the two VMs, sniff from host.
>
> -Alexey Eromenko "Technologov"
>
>
> On Sun, 28 Dec 2025 at 16:33, Marco Moock <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hello!
>>
>> I have 2 virtual machines connected via internal network intnet.
>>
>> Is it possible to sniff the packages using Wireshark on the Debian Host?
>>
>> If not, what is the right way to do that?
>>
>> I only want to connect the 2 machines together, no connection to
>> anything else outside, but the host should be able to sniff the
>> packages.
>>
>> The vboxnet0 interface has 0 packets.
>>
>> --
>> kind regards
>> Marco
>>
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