Hi all!
My problem is:
- VirtualBox 6.1 running a Debian VM
- Host PC has two ethernet cards, one in a LAN (internet and stuff) one in a separate network
- Debian VM shall use BOTH ethernet cards
- VirtualBox GUI only offers one of the ethernet cards to be connected via network bridge, i.e., I can only connect both (all) adapters to the same physical interface, instead of connecting Adapter 1 to NIC#1 and Adapter 2 to NIC#2.
The article ' virtualbox-network-setting-guide ' on nakivo dot com (can't post URLs yet) for example suggests under 'Bridged Adapter' that under the 'Name' drop down menu, all physical interfaces available to the host system should be listed, which is not the case for me.
Any suggestions?
[Solved] Two physical NICs bridged to Guest
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Re: Two physical NICs bridged to Guest
The guide is quite correct. If the host has two active network connections, both should appear as options in the dropdown list. That certainly has always happened on my PCs.
Is there anything unusual about the host NICs? Are they both connected to a working physical network?
Is there anything unusual about the host NICs? Are they both connected to a working physical network?
Bill
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Re: Two physical NICs bridged to Guest
The VirtualBox NDISx Bridging Drivers need to be enabled in the networking stack for the host NIC. If it is then the NIC will be visible to the VirtualBox bridging feature.
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Re: Two physical NICs bridged to Guest
Thanks! That was it.
I activated the Bridged Networking Driver and now everythings works fine!
(I am pretty sure I deactivated the driver myself, though *facepalm*)
Thanks guys!
I activated the Bridged Networking Driver and now everythings works fine!
(I am pretty sure I deactivated the driver myself, though *facepalm*)
Thanks guys!
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Re: Two physical NICs bridged to Guest
Thanks for reporting back.