On VirtualBox, is there a way to set 'Reinitialize MAC address' as default?

[rbarak]

When cloning a VirtualBox instance, is there a way to set the

Reinitialize the MAC address of all network cards

as the default?

Humans sometimes forget to tick this box, with the resulting horror of having different machines - on the same LAN - assigned the same IP address by the DHCP server.

[socratis]

Unfortunately there's no such provision at the moment.

[rbarak]

Unfortunately there's no such provision at the moment.

Thanks.
Note that if the cloning is done from the CLI, then this provision is the default.

[socratis]

Note that if the cloning is done from the CLI, then this provision is the default.

By Toutatis, you're right! From the manual on "VBoxManage clonevm":

... The next two options enable specification of the handling of MAC addresses of every virtual network card. They can either be reinitialized (the default), left unchanged (keepallmacs) or left unchanged when the network type is NAT (keepnatmacs).

So, unless you specifically include the "keepallmacs" option, the MACs are re-initialized. I think that this is an oversight from the GUI developers. I'll either try to get a hold of them on IRC, or file a ticket. Will keep you posted in any event...

[rbarak]

Many thanks.

[klaus]

We'll see what we can do... yes, it looks like a communication goof. Not sure yet if/when the change will make it to 5.2.