-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 What you'd want to do, is to disable networking in the vm (I.E. don't configure a network card), and:
A. Configure a virtual serial port to point to the serial port on the host where the dial-up modem is, or B. if you have a usb modem, and are using the closed version of virtualbox, pass the usb modem through to the guest. Greg On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 02:33:51PM +0000, ALEX BIRCHALL wrote: > Hi, > > My requirement is this: > > I work in a University library that has an internal network. > > I need to support distance learners who will be connecting to the > Internet via a regular ISP. > > The problem is my experience accessing online resources from within > the University's intranet is significantly different from that of > off-campus users using the resources the library provides via it's web > pages. > > Therefore, in order to support distance learners effectively, I need > to have access to a computer that is accessing the Internet via a > regular ISP. > > At the moment, I have a standalone computer set up with a regular 56K > dial-up modem attached. But this is not ideal. What I would really > like is a virtual machine on my own computer that detects the dial-up > modem and can use it to establish a connection to the Internet via an > ISP. Would this be fairly straightforward to configure? I have > limited experience setting up VirtualBox machines in the past, and on > these occasions I recall that Internet access was available by default > via the LAN, so having a modem attached would be rather pointless. > > Any hints most gratefully received! > > Regards, > > Alex > > _______________________________________________ > vbox-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users > - -- web site: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org gpg public key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc skype: gregn1 (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) - -- Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkkq/BcACgkQ7s9z/XlyUyAHHwCdGEfeI4lD321CjwOsQHG5kh3K SVEAoN13sqB27sNeiGP2ESVPA4vMWYGy =XJJK -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ vbox-users mailing list [email protected] http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
