Can't connect to internet from Windows 7 guest on Linux Mint

[James26]

Hi everyone,

I've been playing around with the network settings for a while now, but I cant seem to connect to the internet from my WIndows 7 guest on a Linux Mint 13 host. Just have the "No internet access" message. Otherwise, sharing folders between the host and the guest is no problem.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers,
James.

[Perryg]

From the hosts terminal/command window type VBoxManage showvminfo <VM Name> --details and post here. Replace <VM Name> with the actual name of the VM. Use " " if the name has a space in it.

Note if the host is Windows you need to be in the directory that has VBoxManage.exe for the command to work.

[James26]

Okay, here it is...

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Name:            Windows 7 server
Guest OS:        Windows 7 (64 bit)
UUID:            669ea678-bed8-4b03-8aa1-3b92615bd8aa
Config file:     /home/james/VirtualBox VMs/Windows 7 server/Windows 7 server.vbox
Snapshot folder: /home/james/VirtualBox VMs/Windows 7 server/Snapshots
Log folder:      /home/james/VirtualBox VMs/Windows 7 server/Logs
Hardware UUID:   669ea678-bed8-4b03-8aa1-3b92615bd8aa
Memory size:     512MB
Page Fusion:     off
VRAM size:       18MB
CPU exec cap:    100%
HPET:            off
Chipset:         piix3
Firmware:        BIOS
Number of CPUs:  1
Synthetic Cpu:   off
CPUID overrides: None
Boot menu mode:  message and menu
Boot Device (1): Floppy
Boot Device (2): DVD
Boot Device (3): HardDisk
Boot Device (4): Not Assigned
ACPI:            on
IOAPIC:          on
PAE:             off
Time offset:     0 ms
RTC:             local time
Hardw. virt.ext: on
Hardw. virt.ext exclusive: on
Nested Paging:   on
Large Pages:     off
VT-x VPID:       on
State:           running (since 2012-08-12T06:51:15.433000000)
Monitor count:   1
3D Acceleration: off
2D Video Acceleration: off
Teleporter Enabled: off
Teleporter Port: 0
Teleporter Address: 
Teleporter Password: 
Storage Controller Name (0):            IDE Controller
Storage Controller Type (0):            PIIX4
Storage Controller Instance Number (0): 0
Storage Controller Max Port Count (0):  2
Storage Controller Port Count (0):      2
Storage Controller Bootable (0):        on
Storage Controller Name (1):            SATA Controller
Storage Controller Type (1):            IntelAhci
Storage Controller Instance Number (1): 0
Storage Controller Max Port Count (1):  30
Storage Controller Port Count (1):      1
Storage Controller Bootable (1):        on
IDE Controller (1, 0): /usr/share/virtualbox/VBoxGuestAdditions.iso (UUID: 9fbe0606-9a6e-44e3-893b-0726d0eda0d1)
SATA Controller (0, 0): /home/james/VirtualBox VMs/Windows 7 server/Windows 7 server.vdi (UUID: 23106dad-4cdb-4f6d-bf82-89f55c63381c)
NIC 1:           MAC: 08002723CBCC, Attachment: NAT, Cable connected: on, Trace: off (file: none), Type: 82540EM, Reported speed: 0 Mbps, Boot priority: 0, Promisc Policy: deny
NIC 1 Settings:  MTU: 0, Socket (send: 64, receive: 64), TCP Window (send:64, receive: 64)
NIC 2:           disabled
NIC 3:           disabled
NIC 4:           disabled
NIC 5:           disabled
NIC 6:           disabled
NIC 7:           disabled
NIC 8:           disabled
Pointing Device: USB Tablet
Keyboard Device: PS/2 Keyboard
UART 1:          disabled
UART 2:          disabled
Audio:           enabled (Driver: PulseAudio, Controller: HDA)
Clipboard Mode:  Bidirectional
Video mode:      1366x671x32
VRDE:            disabled
USB:             enabled

USB Device Filters:

<none>

Available remote USB devices:

<none>

Currently Attached USB Devices:

<none>

Shared folders:  

Name: 'for_windows_7_vm', Host path: '/home/james/for windows 7 vm' (machine mapping), writable

VRDE Connection:    not active
Clients so far:     0

Guest:

Configured memory balloon size:      0 MB
OS type:                             Windows7_64
Additions run level:                 3
Additions version:                   4.1.12r77245


Guest Facilities:

Facility "VirtualBox Base Driver": active/running (last update: 2012/08/12 06:51:26 UTC)
Facility "VirtualBox System Service": active/running (last update: 2012/08/12 06:51:36 UTC)
Facility "VirtualBox Desktop Integration": active/running (last update: 2012/08/12 06:51:46 UTC)
Facility "Seamless Mode": active/running (last update: 2012/08/12 06:51:26 UTC)
Facility "Graphics Mode": active/running (last update: 2012/08/12 06:51:26 UTC)

[Perryg]

If you cannot ping yahoo.com but you can ping 72.30.38.140 then you have a DNS issue probably due to Ubuntu changing how they think resolv.conf should work (which is what Mint is based on). Follow the instructions on the link below.

viewtopic.php?f=26&t=50387

[James26]

Cheers Perryg, it worked a treat!
Thanks a lot for your help, I'm a newbie to Linux - Now I'm gonna go and familiarise myself with this resolv.conf.

Thanks again,
James.