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Problem with adding nic

Posted: 8. Jan 2014, 23:33
by Kapa
Hello,

In gui, there are four nics, but I need more them to testing use. I think limit is eight. I use bridged connection.
So, I open cmd -> Locate Virtualbox -> VBoxManage modifyvm <vm name> --nic5 bridged <interface name>

And there is the problem, I dont know Windows network interfaces names.. In linux they are eth0, eth1, etc
But what are their names in Windows? I use Windows Server 2008 R2.

Iam trying ipconfig and there are name example Local Area Network, but no other name.

Can you anyone please help me on this :/

Re: Problem with adding nic

Posted: 9. Jan 2014, 00:32
by noteirak
Kapa wrote:Local Area Network, but no other name.
That would be the good name. just enclose it with quotes.

Re: Problem with adding nic

Posted: 9. Jan 2014, 07:08
by Kapa
That name does not work.

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VBoxManage.exe: error: Invalid parameter 'Local Area Connection' 
Any other suggestions?

Re: Problem with adding nic

Posted: 9. Jan 2014, 10:04
by noteirak
Then use the following command to find out the name Virtualbox is using :

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vboxmanage list bridgedifs

Re: Problem with adding nic

Posted: 9. Jan 2014, 12:05
by socratis
Kapa wrote:That name does not work ... 'Local Area Connection' ... Any other suggestions?
Can you try double quotes? As in "Local Area Connection".

Re: Problem with adding nic

Posted: 9. Jan 2014, 12:20
by jorgensen
I believe the syntax is wrong according to the manual.
--nic<1-N> none|null|nat|bridged|intnet|hostonly|generic
--bridgeadapter<1-N> none|<devicename>