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randomly disconnecting and resetting the NIC
Posted: 20. Apr 2015, 04:23
by shades_aus
I am runing a Windows 7 x64 host OS with 16 GB ram and trying to run a Windows 7 x64 Guest OS under VirtualBox Beta 2
I get Random disconnects and re-connects of the Network card. There is no Windows "bong" heard when this happens however, any VPN conncetions or network transfers are terminated.
This seems to have happened ever since 4.3.24-98716 and is worse using a XP Guest Os. Same with Linux hosts.
Network is NAT\Intel PRO.1000 MT Desktop (82540EM)
Changed to PCnet-FAST III - no difference.
Re: randomly disconnecting and resetting the NIC
Posted: 20. Apr 2015, 13:22
by shades_aus
I'd just like to add on to this.
Issue is still occurring on Windows Server 2012 x64 32 GB ram as a host OS running windows 7 x64 guest.
I have now downgraded to 4.3.20 and everything is once again fine.
I still cant use my host modem inside my VM guest OS and make a PPP connection, that has been broken for a long time also.
Re: randomly disconnecting and resetting the NIC
Posted: 20. Apr 2015, 14:35
by vushakov
Please, provide VBox.log file.
On Windows hosts this sounds like
bug 13839. Please can you give testbuild a try as per
comment 42.
However "Same with Linux hosts" doesn't fit that pattern. Again, please, provide a VBox.log.
Re: randomly disconnecting and resetting the NIC
Posted: 22. Apr 2015, 02:12
by shades_aus
Although the disconnect/reconnect seems to be faster and not always interrupt transmission, it is still an issue. ESP for VPN traffic.
I now notice a flickering of the connection for the NIC very quickly, like a LED would flicker. Sometimes a window pops up in windows saying disconnected, sometimes it's too fast.
My log file is attached.
VirtualBox-4.3.27-99378-Win.exe
This issue is actually worse on the BETA version.
It may be worth noting that 4.3.20 seems to be stable.
Also, I have had to use the 4.3.26 Extension pack as the link in the "test builds" is broken and Google searches have lead back to Oracle web sites that FireFox reports as having corrupted data and page not found issues.