Help with internet and printing with Virtual Box with Windows XP

[Punkyy]

Hi I new to this message board. I having problems setting up virtual box with windows XP. I have a older program that I got twenty years of data on the program.
These are the issues I am having. Since I new to forum I cannot post screenshots until after one day. I will try to explain in detail.

Cannot get internet on virtual machine
Setting I have are under Networking
Enable Network Adapter is check
Attached To. Bridged Adapter
Name: Atheros AR8131 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller


Under Advance
Adapter Type Intel Pro/1000 T Server (82543GC)
I also tried the desktop adapter under this setting
Promiscuous Mode: Allow VM
Mac Address: did not touch
Cable Connected is check

I double check to make sure the Atheros is the right adapter on my host computer that has internet.

I confused. If someone can help me I be appreciated.

Also can someone explain how to add a wireless printer so I can print off my program that I want to use in Windows XP
I appreciate any help.
Thanks
Pinky

[scottgus1]

Cannot get internet on virtual machine

Check if you can ping 8.8.8.8 inside the XP VM. If you can, then you have a network connection and internet. The main problem with XP is that its default web browser is not compatible with modern internet. See No internet for a WinXP/98/95 guest

If you cannot ping 8.8.8.8 inside XP, please show the output of this command in both the VM and the host:

ipconfig /all

Once we confirm or get network inside the VM, then we'll try the wi-fi printer.

Since I new to forum I cannot post screenshots until after one day.

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[Punkyy]

Thanks a lot for your help. Actually I trying to do the same thing with a laptop and a Desktop PC
On my lap top I can ping 8.8.8.8 both in Host and in VM
Host is Windows 7, VM is Windows XP
I have tried downloading the Firefox version finding the correct version for Windows XP
When I drag the Firefox installation file from Windows 7 to Windows VP . Firefox will not install.
When you try to delete the Firefox Installation File from Windows XP Virtual Machine get an error
Cannot delete folder says it open or being used by another window. I have nothing else open.
I tried to install Google Chrome that program started to install but says connecting to internet but
cannot get a connection. Same thing as Firefox when try to delete folder get same message
I think it is a browser issue on laptop
What would my settings be in Windows XP VM under Networking
My Internet Adapter on laptop is Realtek RTL8191SE Wireless Lan 802

Desktop
I can ping 8.8.8.8 in Host but not VM
Host is Windows 10, VM is Windows XP
My internet adapter on Desktop is PCI GBE Family Controller and
Is enabled DHCP and Auto Config enabled
When I run in Virtual Machine ipconfig/all says
Windows IP Configuration
When I run ipconfig/all in desktop or host gives me the information for
PCI GBE Family Controller
What should my setting be for Virtual Machine in Networking
I still will have issues with having the correct browser in VM
I have a program that only works in Windows XP so that why
trying to get internet and print from Windows XP VM
I really appreciate your help in this matter. You do not learn
Unless you ask questions . Thanks Everyone!
Punkyy

[scottgus1]

On my lap top I can ping 8.8.8.8 both in Host and in VM

Good, this means the network settings were perfect and internet was available in the VM OS at the time of the ping.

When I drag the Firefox installation file from Windows 7 to Windows VP . Firefox will not install.
When you try to delete the Firefox Installation File from Windows XP Virtual Machine get an error
Cannot delete folder says it open or being used by another window. I have nothing else open.

If 'drag' means you tried the Virtualbox Drag-n-Drop method to get the installer into the VM, your further problems could be because the Drag-n-Drop service seized up. It does, sometimes. Virtualbox Shared Folders is a more reliable method to get files in and out of a VM. Both Drag-n-Drop and Virtualbox Shared Folders require Guest Additions installed inside the VM. If you see a little Virtualbox icon next to the clock in the XP system tray, and hovering over the icon with the mouse shows a version number tooltip popup, then Guest Additions are installed and running.

What should my setting be for Virtual Machine in Networking
I still will have issues with having the correct browser in VM
I have a program that only works in Windows XP so that why
trying to get internet and print from Windows XP VM

Does the program require internet access to 'phone home' to the program's servers? If so, that program will have its own protocol for contacting its servers, and having a working web browser inside the VM may not help the program make connection.

The 8.8.8.8 ping shows that you have internet in the VM. If you made no changes to the Virtualbox network settings, then you would still have internet in the VM. A further ping 8.8.8.8 will confirm internet presence.

To add a printer into the mix you would have to change the VM's network. Virtualbox defaults to NAT for its network, which gets internet into the VM. But NAT makes accessing things on the host's network, like a shared printer, a bit more difficult. Using Virtualbox Bridged puts the VM in the host's network, and then the shared printer can be found. However, Bridged does not always work over Wi-Fi, which could be a problem for you since you're using a laptop. If you try Bridged and the VM does not connect to the network with pingable internet, post back. There are workarounds.