No Internet

[0Neji]

I've setup VirtualBox on a Mac but I'm struggling to get the internet connection working.

I'm connecting through ethernet on my Mac and I found a suggestion to enable Internet Connection Sharing on the Mac which I've done but the Windows XP guest won't connect still.

I got shared folders working so I'm sure the guest is seeing the Mac. On the guest, I'm using bridged connection using the ethernet port on my Mac.

Any help/suggestions would be great.

Thanks.

[Perryg]

Does it work if you change the type to NAT instead of Bridged?

[0Neji]

I'm afraid not, that is what I initially tried, I've since switched back but still no luck.

I'm not sure if there's just something I'm missing? Do I need specific drivers? Anything like that?

[Perryg]

Post the guests log file (as an attachment)
See Online Users Manual for the location of the file.

Also From the hosts terminal 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.

[0Neji]

I've uploaded a log file, but there are three more in there - name VBox.log.1, VBox.log.2 and VBox.log.3 - not sure which is needed?

Here's what I got back from the terminal:

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Name:            IE7
Groups:          /
Guest OS:        Windows XP (64 bit)
UUID:            54d4483c-9813-4705-8e1b-451f15d52843
Config file:     /Users/vickyward/VirtualBox VMs/IE7/IE7.vbox
Snapshot folder: /Users/vickyward/VirtualBox VMs/IE7/Snapshots
Log folder:      /Users/vickyward/VirtualBox VMs/IE7/Logs
Hardware UUID:   54d4483c-9813-4705-8e1b-451f15d52843
Memory size:     192MB
Page Fusion:     off
VRAM size:       20MB
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): Network
ACPI:            on
IOAPIC:          on
PAE:             off
Time offset:     0ms
RTC:             local time
Hardw. virt.ext: on
Hardw. virt.ext exclusive: off
Nested Paging:   on
Large Pages:     off
VT-x VPID:       on
State:           running (since 2012-11-20T16:37:09.822000000)
Monitor count:   1
3D Acceleration: off
2D Video Acceleration: off
Teleporter Enabled: off
Teleporter Port: 0
Teleporter Address: 
Teleporter Password: 
Tracing Enabled: off
Allow Tracing to Access VM: off
Tracing Configuration: 
Autostart Enabled: off
Autostart Delay: 0
Storage Controller Name (0):            IDE
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
IDE (0, 0): /Users/vickyward/VirtualBox VMs/IE7/IE7.vdi (UUID: e26cbf69-0c0b-4ae6-9305-df5e88c8ee3d)
IDE (0, 1): /Applications/VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS/VBoxGuestAdditions.iso (UUID: fea18d71-64bd-49e4-ba4d-505f561b0df0)
NIC 1:           MAC: 08002723D486, Attachment: Bridged Interface 'en0: Ethernet', Cable connected: on, Trace: off (file: none), Type: 82540EM, Reported speed: 0 Mbps, Boot priority: 0, Promisc Policy: allow-all, Bandwidth group: none
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
LPT 1:           disabled
LPT 2:           disabled
Audio:           enabled (Driver: CoreAudio, Controller: AC97)
Clipboard Mode:  GuestToHost
Drag'n'drop Mode:  disabled
Video mode:      640x480x32
VRDE:            disabled
USB:             enabled
EHCI:            enabled

USB Device Filters:

<none>

Available remote USB devices:

<none>

Currently Attached USB Devices:

<none>

Bandwidth groups:  <none>

Shared folders:  <none>

VRDE Connection:    not active
Clients so far:     0

Guest:

Configured memory balloon size:      0 MB
OS type:                             WindowsXP
Additions run level:                 3
Additions version:                   4.2.4 r81684


Guest Facilities:

Facility "VirtualBox Base Driver": active/running (last update: 2012/11/20 16:37:17 UTC)
Facility "VirtualBox System Service": active/running (last update: 2012/11/20 16:37:25 UTC)
Facility "VirtualBox Desktop Integration": active/running (last update: 2012/11/20 16:37:30 UTC)
Facility "Seamless Mode": active/running (last update: 2012/11/20 16:37:17 UTC)
Facility "Graphics Mode": active/running (last update: 2012/11/20 16:37:17 UTC)

Thanks for the help.

[Perryg]

Shut down the guest and in the network settings of the guest change from the intel to the PCnet-FAST III adapter and see if it works.

[0Neji]

That's done the trick! Really appreciate the help, thanks!

[talbarda]

Hi,
I know this post is pretty old, but - which adapter did you used eventually?

[loukingjr]

Hi,
I know this post is pretty old, but - which adapter did you used eventually?

as Perryg said... PCnet-FAST III adapter