Hi,
I am running a VB (with XP) on a Win2003-Server. The installation (3.1.2) automatically setup NAT and my VB was able to connect to the web w/o any config from me, so I was happy. But then I wanted to connect to the VM from other machines in the network, and couldn't. While the VM sees the other PCs (and can access them), other machines do not see the VM. With the help of a superuserI was able to let the VM appear in my network, but unfortunately that cut the net for the server - I can still access the VM from other workstations, but not the server. And the server cannot access the web nor the other machines.
Is there a step-by-step instruction for dummies anywhere? Or could someone pls. help and guide me through the setup?
Thanks
Michael
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Re: How to setup network for XP-Guest on W2003-host...
Do you have CiscoVPN or some other VPN software installed in the host?
Usually when you loose host networking when using Bridged it is due to some other software that interferes with the Bridged adapter.
This is usually solved by uninstalling the VPN software, setting up the VB bridge and then reinstalling the VPN software.
As for instructions on setting up the Bridge, there really are none. It usually just works and there are no other things that you need to do unless you have a conflict.
Usually when you loose host networking when using Bridged it is due to some other software that interferes with the Bridged adapter.
This is usually solved by uninstalling the VPN software, setting up the VB bridge and then reinstalling the VPN software.
As for instructions on setting up the Bridge, there really are none. It usually just works and there are no other things that you need to do unless you have a conflict.
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Re: How to setup network for XP-Guest on W2003-host...
No VPN. In fact, I have a LAN-Connection and the VB Host-Only Network. LAN-Connection uses the following elements: Client for Microsoft networks; VB Bridged Networking Driver; File/Printer Sharing; TCP/IP - plain vanilla, so to say
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Re: How to setup network for XP-Guest on W2003-host...
Check the host-only address range and make sure that it is not in the same address range as the rest of your network.
Main VBox program -> File -> Preferences -> Network -> click the screw driver. Also you can try turning off the DHCP server there and assigning an address manually in the guest in case the DHCP server is conflicting with another DHCP server on the LAN.
Main VBox program -> File -> Preferences -> Network -> click the screw driver. Also you can try turning off the DHCP server there and assigning an address manually in the guest in case the DHCP server is conflicting with another DHCP server on the LAN.
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Re: How to setup network for XP-Guest on W2003-host...
The host-only range is 192.168.56.101..254 (default), whereas my netw is a 192.168.1.* net. I tried to turn off DHCP, but no success. BTW, as soon as I start the VM (it doesn't even need to boot the guest O/S), the hosts nw-conncetion is killed.
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Re: How to setup network for XP-Guest on W2003-host...
From a host terminal/command windows VBoxManage showvminfo <VM Name> and post here. Replace <VM Name> with the actual name of the VM. Use "" if the name has a space in it.
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Re: How to setup network for XP-Guest on W2003-host...
Thanks Perry for your swift reply and persistence, much appreciated
Here's the result:
Here's the result:
VirtualBox Command Line Management Interface Version 3.1.2 (C) 2005-2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved. Name: XP-Box Guest OS: Windows XP UUID: 87ba23cb-2509-4aa8-933a-bd356c40fb32 Config file: C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\Administrator\.VirtualBox\Machines\XP-Box\XP-Box.xml Hardware UUID: 87ba23cb-2509-4aa8-933a-bd356c40fb32 Memory size: 1500MB VRAM size: 12MB Number of CPUs: 2 Synthetic Cpu: off CPUID overrides: None Boot menu mode: message and menu Boot Device (1): Floppy Boot Device (2): DVD Boot Device (3): HardDisk Boot Device (4): Not Assigned ACPI: on IOAPIC: on PAE: off Time offset: 0 ms Hardw. virt.ext: on Hardw. virt.ext exclusive: off Nested Paging: off VT-x VPID: off State: powered off (since 2010-01-28T16:56:55.163000000) Monitor count: 1 3D Acceleration: off 2D Video Acceleration: off Teleporter Enabled: off Teleporter Port: 0 Teleporter Address: Teleporter Password: Storage Controller Name (0): IDE Controller Storage Controller Type (0): PIIX4 Storage Controller Instance Number (0): 0 Storage Controller Max Port Count (0): 2 Storage Controller Port Count (0): 2 Storage Controller Name (1): Floppy Controller Storage Controller Type (1): I82078 Storage Controller Instance Number (1): 0 Storage Controller Max Port Count (1): 1 Storage Controller Port Count (1): 1 IDE Controller (0, 0): C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\Administrator\.VirtualBox\Machines\XP-Box\Snapshots\{bc8d0505-525f-4195-a3b5-7eeef24206d8}.vdi (UUID: bc8d0505-525f-4195-a3b5-7eeef24206d8) IDE Controller (0, 1): ...blabla... IDE Controller (1, 0): Empty IDE Controller (1, 1): E:\XP2.vdi (UUID: 540b5528-d9fe-4acb-a62f-05f8cb98bec7) Floppy Controller (0, 0): Empty NIC 1: MAC: 080027ECCFC4, Attachment: Bridged Interface 'Broadcom BCM5708C NetXtreme II GigE (NDIS VBD Client)', Cable connected: on, Trace: off (file: none), Type: Am79C973, Reported speed: 0 Mbps NIC 2: disabled NIC 3: disabled NIC 4: disabled NIC 5: disabled NIC 6: disabled NIC 7: disabled NIC 8: disabled UART 1: disabled UART 2: disabled Audio: enabled (Driver: DSOUND, Controller: AC97) Clipboard Mode: Bidirectional VRDP: disabled USB: enabled USB Device Filters: <none> Shared folders: Name: 'C_DRIVE', Host path: 'C:\' (machine mapping), writable Name: 'E_DRIVE', Host path: 'E:\' (machine mapping), writable Name: 'F_DRIVE', Host path: 'F:\' (machine mapping), writable Name: 'T_DRIVE', Host path: 'T:\' (machine mapping), writable Name: 'LfwVBOX-XP', Host path: 'C:\LfwVBOX-XP' (machine mapping), writable Guest: Statistics update: disabled Snapshots: Name: Nach Basisinstallation (UES,FF,ClipMate etc.) (UUID: 6475a752-967c-4ab9-bb9b-8418a703d391) Name: + MS SQL, vor Hologram (UUID: a3651525-b09b-4fc1-b1bd-47fb90e26afd) *
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Re: How to setup network for XP-Guest on W2003-host...
OK according to this you are using Bridged and not host-only.
See this http://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/5924
Setup an account and add yourself to the ticket. Send log file and a copy of the results from the showvminfo you sent to me.
As I suspect there must be something that is conflicting with the VBox Bridge adapter.
See this http://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/5924
Setup an account and add yourself to the ticket. Send log file and a copy of the results from the showvminfo you sent to me.
As I suspect there must be something that is conflicting with the VBox Bridge adapter.
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Re: How to setup network for XP-Guest on W2003-host...
Thanks Perry - been there, done that