Virtualbox Guests Keep disconnecting from internet

cryblood3 · Post by **cryblood3** » 6. Dec 2008, 06:38

while i love virtualbox, it keeps disconnecting from the internet...i will be working on a guest and after i either shut it down or save state when i boot it back up it will not connect back up to the internet...the network icon will say there is still a network device (inside the guest) however when i open up a browser it says page cannot be displayed...i have had this problem mostly in windows but a few times in linux (ubuntu) any help would be appreciated, thanks

Tim

ps: to reconnect to the internet i must reset (unplug and plug back in) my dsl and then it will reconnect

ps1: it appears when one guest's network goes down all of them will not connect nomatter the guest os

Post by **Sasquatch** » 8. Dec 2008, 16:55

Does you Host still have internet? Does the Host change it's DNS over time? Please give more info about your network and what happens on the Host.

Post by **The MAZZTer** » 9. Dec 2008, 01:58

Try using a VirtualBox Host Interface in the client, then it should work the same way as if the VM was a physical machine on the network.

Otherwise maybe your router is configured weirdly. I can only recommend to be sure DHCP is on and make sure your VMs are getting IP information via DHCP,