Hey, I am having exactly the same problem. I have posted about it more than once, to no avail. I wonder if bridging did ever work.
A D wrote: > Hi! I'm completely new to VirtualBox forum. please have patience with me. > I've installed > virtualbox v1.5.6 on debian etch host machine. Installed windows XP > successfully as > guest OS. Problem is My Network Places doesn't list the network computers. So > I tried to > bridge with br0 as static address. > Here's what i did: > 1) I added my user to vboxusers. > > 2)chmod 0666 /dev/net/tun and group of /dev/net/tun to vboxusers > > 3) I added the lines for tap0 and br0 in /etc/network/interfaces file at VB > manual says. > So it looks like this: > > > # This file describes the network interfaces available on your system > # and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5). > > # The loopback network interface > auto lo > iface lo inet loopback > > > # The primary network interface > allow-hotplug eth1 > iface eth1 inet static > address 192.168.1.103 > netmask 255.255.255.0 > network 192.168.1.0 > broadcast 192.168.1.255 > gateway 192.168.1.1 > # dns-* options are implemented by the resolvconf package, if installed > dns-nameservers XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX > > > auto tap0 > iface tap0 inet manual > up ifconfig $IFACE 0.0.0.0 up > down ifconfig $IFACE down > tunctl_user ad > > auto br0 > iface br0 inet static > address 192.168.1.103 > network 192.168.1.0 > netmask 255.255.255.0 > broadcast 192.168.1.255 > gateway 192.168.1.1 > bridge_ports eth1 tap0 > > > > > 4) After reboot chose tap0 in VirtualBox Network settings window. Started > winxp but can't > connect to internet or network. My windows xp is setup to fetch IP and dns > address > dynamically. When I use NAT interface in VirtualBox Network settings window, > winxp can connect > to internet but doesn't see network. > > Is there anything i missed? For info here's ifconfig: > > br0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:11:95:D8:44:7F > inet addr:192.168.1.103 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 > inet6 addr: fe80::211:95ff:fed8:447f/64 Scope:Link > UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > RX packets:185 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:83 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 > RX bytes:50418 (49.2 KiB) TX bytes:19745 (19.2 KiB) > > eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:11:95:D8:44:7F > inet6 addr: fe80::211:95ff:fed8:447f/64 Scope:Link > UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > RX packets:189 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:87 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 > RX bytes:53866 (52.6 KiB) TX bytes:19982 (19.5 KiB) > Interrupt:185 Base address:0xe000 > > eth2 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0C:76:96:76:6F > UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 > RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b) > Interrupt:169 Base address:0xae00 > > lo Link encap:Local Loopback > inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 > inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host > UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 > RX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 > RX bytes:560 (560.0 b) TX bytes:560 (560.0 b) > > tap0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 92:F6:66:C0:66:2F > inet6 addr: fe80::90f6:66ff:fec0:662f/64 Scope:Link > UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:88 overruns:0 carrier:0 > collisions:0 txqueuelen:500 > RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b) > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > _______________________________________________ > vbox-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users > > _______________________________________________ vbox-users mailing list [email protected] http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
