How do I connect my Android VM to Wifi?

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Justaguy
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How do I connect my Android VM to Wifi?

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After installing Android-x86 9 and going through around 30 Kernel panics+reboots and 20 minutes worth of Bootscreen I finally got into the Setup and OS. Pretty much like any tablet without Wi-Fi, its mostly useless. So after going to the Wi-Fi settings I saw a Wi-fi Network called 'VirtWifi'. I connected to it aaaand... Connected, No Internet How can I connect it to WIFI? Is there anything I can do to fix this?
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Re: How do I connect my Android VM to Wifi?

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Justaguy wrote:I saw a Wi-fi Network called 'VirtWifi'
This is Android's workaround to allow Android to be installed in a VM that receives no Wifi adapter, like Virtualbox. All of Virtualbox's networks are wired ethernet, even when the host is connected via Wi-Fi. Android fakes itself into thinking it's on Wi-fi when it's not.

The host has to have internet, and the VM has to be able to connect to the host's network. NAT is the default Virtualbox network that can get internet into a VM. Bridged will also work, but Bridged does not always work on the host Wi-Fi. See Virtualbox Networks: In Pictures
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Re: How do I connect my Android VM to Wifi?

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ok, but how can I connect it to the web?
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Re: How do I connect my Android VM to Wifi?

Post by mpack »

There's no trick to it: just make sure that the VMs Ethernet connection is working, by making sure it's configured correctly in the VM settings. NAT is usually easiest for basic Internet. Just don't pull any stunts like static addressing, changing the MAC address etc.
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