VM will not connect to internet

[BrightEyes]

Hi,

I have searched through a few threads and can't seem to find a solution to this. Its quite a simple question so would appreciate anyones help on this. Here is my issue;

I have a working VM on my Windows laptop. I am trying now to put this onto my Macbook Air. I first tried with Fushion - and everything worked fine. When the licence ran out I looked for an alternative, so am trying Virtual Box. The VM starts perfectly and the guest system starts fine. However, when I then open a browser or ping anywhere I cannot get through to the outside world. I am using the NAT adapter with all default setting as far as I can tell.

Here is my VBOX.log. Can anyone shed any light onto this ?


$ VBoxManage showvminfo vm --details
Name: vm
Groups: /
Guest OS: Windows XP (32 bit)
UUID: 2b7083d3-a219-4168-9835-c20c646c564f
Config file: /Users/Trevor/VirtualBox VMs/vm/vm.vbox
Snapshot folder: /Users/Trevor/VirtualBox VMs/vm/Snapshots
Log folder: /Users/Trevor/VirtualBox VMs/vm/Logs
Hardware UUID: 2b7083d3-a219-4168-9835-c20c646c564f
Memory size: 1024MB
Page Fusion: off
VRAM size: 122MB
CPU exec cap: 100%
HPET: off
Chipset: piix3
Firmware: BIOS
Number of CPUs: 1
PAE: on
Long Mode: on
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
Time offset: 0ms
RTC: local time
Hardw. virt.ext: on
Nested Paging: on
Large Pages: on
VT-x VPID: on
VT-x unr. exec.: on
State: powered off (since 2014-04-08T23:18:11.093000000)
Monitor count: 10
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
Default Frontend:
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): SCSI Controller
Storage Controller Type (1): BusLogic
Storage Controller Instance Number (1): 0
Storage Controller Max Port Count (1): 16
Storage Controller Port Count (1): 16
Storage Controller Bootable (1): on
IDE Controller (1, 0): Empty
SCSI Controller (0, 0): /Users/Trevor/VirtualBox VMs/vm/export-disk1.vmdk (UUID: 5b3c30ab-7fa0-429b-8c5e-deb88b9cc088)
NIC 1: MAC: 0800272680A8, Attachment: NAT, Cable connected: on, Trace: off (file: none), Type: Am79C973, Reported speed: 0 Mbps, Boot priority: 0, Promisc Policy: deny, Bandwidth group: none
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
LPT 1: disabled
LPT 2: disabled
Audio: disabled
Clipboard Mode: Bidirectional
Drag'n'drop Mode: Bidirectional
VRDE: disabled
USB: enabled
EHCI: disabled

USB Device Filters:

<none>

Available remote USB devices:

<none>

Currently Attached USB Devices:

<none>

Bandwidth groups: <none>

Shared folders:

Name: 'Desktop', Host path: '/Users/Trevor/Desktop' (machine mapping), writable

VRDE Connection: not active
Clients so far: 0

Video capturing: not active
Capture screens: 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9
Capture file: /Users/Trevor/VirtualBox VMs/vm/vm.webm
Capture dimensions: 1024x768
Capture rate: 512 kbps
Capture FPS: 25

Guest:

Configured memory balloon size: 0 MB

[loukingjr]

did you try the AirPort connection?

[loukingjr]

you might try changing the Adaptor Type.

[BrightEyes]

Thanks for the quick response.

Think I tried all possible adapters. Nothing works.

However I have not tried AirPort connection. How do I set that up ?

[loukingjr]

Thanks for the quick response.

Think I tried all possible adapters. Nothing works.

However I have not tried AirPort connection. How do I set that up ?

select bridged and then from the drop down menu select WiFi (AirPort)

you have been restarting the guest when you change adaptors, settings etc?

[BrightEyes]

Yes I am rebooting the VM every time I change adapters.

Tried the Airport - still no joy. Do I need to change any of the Advanced settings. i.e., My MacBook Air is using wifi - does it need a hard wired connection ?

[loukingjr]

Yes I am rebooting the VM every time I change adapters.

Tried the Airport - still no joy. Do I need to change any of the Advanced settings. i.e., My MacBook Air is using wifi - does it need a hard wired connection ?

There seems to be an issue with certain routers. It seems some Apple laptops and guests work together fine and others don't. I'm not sure what the status is but I know there is a bug ticket for the problem.

One person here has a MBP and his guest works fine at home but not at work with a different router. Someone else may have another idea. Just takes time for people to respond.