network card is missing in vm gui

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aldihani
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network card is missing in vm gui

Post by aldihani »

Host : ubuntu 10.04, guest1 :win xp, guest2 : bt4.
VM version :3.2.12 r68302
NIC : Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5754 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express (rev 02) info from ifconfig.
Installed tg3.
NAT works for both guests.
I only see the Intel PRO cards in the VM GUI, I could be mistaken (pretty sure I'm) but shouldn't the Broadcom selected for the bridging to work?
stefan.becker
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Re: network card is missing in vm gui

Post by stefan.becker »

There is no real hardware in a VM. Read Wikipedia, Manual or something else to know what Virtualization is.
aldihani
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Re: network card is missing in vm gui

Post by aldihani »

How about you volunteer a better answer? I'm not looking for a one answer fits all, thank you very much.
stefan.becker
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Re: network card is missing in vm gui

Post by stefan.becker »

You have not understand.

In your VM is not recognised your real hardware.

You will check bridging and the Interface "eth0" and the type of the nic recognised in your host. And this is Intel E 1000 in some variants and an old amd nic.

Again: Read the manual to understand this.
Sasquatch
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Re: network card is missing in vm gui

Post by Sasquatch »

It's also explained in the VirtualBox FAQ. Quite a failure on the user side to miss that as well before asking questions here ;).
You don't drive a car without knowing how to drive (get a license) or perform surgery before studying for it.
Read the Forum Posting Guide before opening a topic.
VirtualBox FAQ: Check this before asking questions.
Online User Manual: A must read if you want to know what we're talking about.
Howto: Install Linux Guest Additions
Howto: Use Shared Folders on Linux Guest
See the Tutorials and FAQ section at the top of the Forum for more guides.
Try searching the forums first with Google and add the site filter for this forum.
E.g. install guest additions site:forums.virtualbox.org

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aldihani
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Re: network card is missing in vm gui

Post by aldihani »

aaaaahhhhhhhh you....aaaaaahhhhh....I...... :oops: Sasquatch you really exposed my ignorance aaaaaahhhhhhhhh........

I should know everything before I ask a question :wink: :wink:
Sasquatch
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Re: network card is missing in vm gui

Post by Sasquatch »

Glad you see it from a funny side :). Knowing everything isn't fun either though. But reading on a few things before starting to ask things is generally a good idea. Especially if you get such a thing in a 'must read' message ;).
Read the Forum Posting Guide before opening a topic.
VirtualBox FAQ: Check this before asking questions.
Online User Manual: A must read if you want to know what we're talking about.
Howto: Install Linux Guest Additions
Howto: Use Shared Folders on Linux Guest
See the Tutorials and FAQ section at the top of the Forum for more guides.
Try searching the forums first with Google and add the site filter for this forum.
E.g. install guest additions site:forums.virtualbox.org

Retired from this Forum since OSSO introduction.
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