Lost bridge adaptor after upgrading to 16.1.16

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riclap
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Lost bridge adaptor after upgrading to 16.1.16

Post by riclap »

After upgradig to version 16.1.16 none of my VM machines relying on bridge connection to my network connects only allowing for NAT connection that doesn´t work for what I need.
Someone got an idea? Haven´t got any clue searching the web.
Thks a lot in advance.
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Re: Lost bridge adaptor after upgrading to 16.1.16

Post by scottgus1 »

Put your mouse arrow on the yellow triangle with the !, see what the error message says.
riclap
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Re: Lost bridge adaptor after upgrading to 16.1.16

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I'm not there now but something about network card not found. In the drop down menu nothing appears.
In the host ( Win7) the Virtualbox network is set for dhcp.
This 4 the reply.
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Re: Lost bridge adaptor after upgrading to 16.1.16

Post by mpack »

riclap wrote:I'm not there now but something about network card not found.
Then that would be correct. If VirtualBox can't find the host network card to bridge to then there are two possibilities:
  1. The named network card has been removed or renamed (check the VM settings).
  2. The VirtualBox Networking Drivers have not been installed on the host.
Since this started happening after an upgrade, I'm going to guess option 2. So, you need to reinstall VirtualBox. Be sure to use "Run as administrator" to run the installer, no matter what admin rights you think you have. Do not untick any of the install options.
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Re: Lost bridge adaptor after upgrading to 16.1.16

Post by riclap »

Thanks a lot mpack.
Had to uninstall completly ( tried repair to no avail ) and do a fresh reinstall.
Everything running smooth.
Didn´t need for admin priviledges ( never did ).
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