Ron Melton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I am trying to run Ubuntu 6.10 on a Windows XP Home host. The NAT networking works fine, but a Host Interface bridged connection does not work for me at all. I get an IP address assigned to my Ubuntu virtual machine, but have no actual connectivity. I followed the instructions in the users guide. Does anyone know how to get this working? > Ron > > _______________________________________________ > vbox-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users > I got this to work after a lot of experimentation. I found two things that seem to make it work well and consistently.
First: In the XP host. Set the "media status" property for the bridged VBox network connection to "always connected". (This is under the connections properties -> advanced). Second: In the Ubuntu guest do not use DHCP. Assign a network address. This does limit you to the current network, but can easily be changed should you go to another network. DHCP works most of the time, but not consistently. I found that I had to disable and re-enable the connection in the Ubuntu guest. Also, I was getting a windows error regarding two devices with the same IP address on the network until I went to assigning a static IP address to the guest connection. _______________________________________________ vbox-users mailing list [email protected] http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
