No Network Connection on my guest

[someguy]

Hello,

I'm having an issue with Virtual Box not recognizing my network connection on an 32 bit XP guest.

I am running Virtualbox on a Vista64 machine. I guess first of all, I'm assuming that I can run a 32bit XP guest on a 64bit Vista host.

If that's fine I'm not quite sure why I can't set up a network connection on the guest.

Thanks

[Perryg]

Not enough information to be able to help.
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• Please provide host and guest memory.
• What are the VBox settings (all of them) for the guest?
• What (if any) error messages are you getting?

[someguy]

Host Memory: 6GB
Guest Mem: 1279MB Base, 12MB Video

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Here is the Details from the Virtual Machine
[list]
General
Name:  XP Virtual Machine
OS Type:  Windows XP
Base Memory:  1279 MB
Video Memory:  12 MB
Boot Order:  Floppy, CD/DVD-ROM, Hard Disk, Network
ACPI:  Enabled
IO APIC:  Disabled
VT-x/AMD-V:  Enabled
Nested Paging:  Disabled
PAE/NX:  Disabled
3D Acceleration:  Disabled
 
Hard Disks
IDE Primary Master:  XP Virtual Machine.vdi (Normal, 10.00 GB)
 
CD/DVD-ROM
Image:  VBoxGuestAdditions.iso
 
Floppy
Not mounted

Audio
Host Driver:  Windows DirectSound
Controller:  ICH AC97
 
Network
Adapter 1:  Intel PRO/1000 MT Desktop (Internal network, 'intnet')
 
Serial Ports
Disabled


USB
Device Filters:  0 (0 active)
 
Shared Folders
None

Remote Display
Disabled[/list]

As far as error messages, I really only get one in Internet Explorer saying it can't access any web pages. In the Network Connections utility, no connections are shown.

Thank you

Mod Edit: I put your list in a code block to make it easier to manage. On log files or long configuration files it makes it easier to read.

[Perryg]

A few things that you can do here:

Assuming that this is a new install it may be possible that some of the drivers did not install properly.
Try to install again by right clicking the install program and telling it to run as administrator.
Select repair on the install screen, and watch for the drivers to load. When complete reboot the machine.

Also you should check the VBox settings and make sure that you see your network adapter in the list of adapters to use.
Use NAT or Bridged for the network settings as well.

Let us know what happens and whether you received any errors during the repair.

[someguy]

Assuming that this is a new install it may be possible that some of the drivers did not install properly.
Try to install again by right clicking the install program and telling it to run as administrator.
Select repair on the install screen, and watch for the drivers to load. When complete reboot the machine.

Also you should check the VBox settings and make sure that you see your network adapter in the list of adapters to use.
Use NAT or Bridged for the network settings as well.

Let us know what happens and whether you received any errors during the repair.

Sorry do you mean the install of Sun VirtualBox itself on the host or the operating system on the guest? I assume you mean Virtualbox because you suggest using run as admininstrator.

[someguy]

Alright. I got it to work with your help. Thanks!

I did run the repair utility on the VirtualBox install and restart the system.

Then I set up the Network adaptor as: Intel PRO/1000 T Server (Bridged adapter, Intel(R) 82566DC-2 Gigabit Network Connection)

It also worked using NAT.

None of the other 5 Network Adaptor choices worked at all.

I appreciate the help.