Can we get more than 4 tabs in the "Network" settings

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khunter
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Can we get more than 4 tabs in the "Network" settings

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I'm a big fan of Virtualbox. This is the platform that I've done all of my VM learning on so far. I have several VM types that use upwards of 8 to 10 network interfaces. Currently I configure the NIC's (higher than 4) using the command line interface. Can we add an options or just allow up to X number of interfaces (more than 4, say 10 or 12) on the Network settings tab of the VM? There appears to be room in the Network settings display for a tab for each interface.

thanks again for a great product.

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Re: Can we get more than 4 tabs in the "Network" settings

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Moving to "Suggestions" from "Windows Hosts", for obvious reasons. ;)

How many people do you see benefiting from such an addition? I've heard only one or two (yourself included) that have asked for more than 4 NICs.

What are you doing that requires 8 or more NICs? And what kind of a connection? Bridged, HostOnly, Internal, NAT, NATservice, etc?
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Re: Can we get more than 4 tabs in the "Network" settings

Post by Martin »

Some time ago there already was an answer from the developers that they want to keep the GUI simple. So everyone wanting to use "extended/advanced" features needs to use the CLI.
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