Sebastian Schnur a écrit : > Hello everyone, > > i´d like to setup a virtualbox which is bridged to our existing subnet. > I've seen some howtos and other tutorials on the internet but it's > really complicated. Does VirtualBox support Bridged Networking without > configuring TAP. It would be nice to set it up what it's like in VMware. > > If not, is this the way I have to go through?: > http://samiux.wordpress.com/2007/07/11/bridge-network-interface-on-virtualbox/
There is an interesting variation where the bridge "steals" the eth0 name. This requires the "iproute" package (you are likely to have it already). Thanks to this trick, you can re-use your existing eth0 configuration without changing anything. ifdown eth0 ip link set eth0 name reth0 # "reth0" stands for "real eth0" brctl addbr eth0 brctl addif eth0 reth0 ifconfig reth0 up promisc ifup eth0 & _______________________________________________ vbox-users mailing list [email protected] http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
