It's possible to use wifi network only in guest?

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paulogonc
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It's possible to use wifi network only in guest?

Post by paulogonc »

I wan't to use the wifi network card, only in the guest OS (windows), this is possible?
Because if I connect wifi in the host OS it fowards the packages to wifi but i want to go trough the wired lan (just in the host OS).
Brutalizer
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Re: It's possible to use wifi network only in guest?

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I dont know, but what happens if you choose "bridged network adapter" and point it to use the wifi adapter?
mpack
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Re: It's possible to use wifi network only in guest?

Post by mpack »

What is the host OS?
paulogonc
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Re: It's possible to use wifi network only in guest?

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With bridged network adapter it works but i can't disable de wifi network on host OS.
The host OS is Windows 8.1, the guest OS is Windows XP.
mpack
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Re: It's possible to use wifi network only in guest?

Post by mpack »

Topic moved to "Windows Hosts".

Your Q actually has nothing to do with VirtualBox. To prevent a Windows host from accessing the network via a certain network card, just disable the TCP service on that card. The guest implements its own stack and will not be affected if using bridged mode.
paulogonc
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Re: It's possible to use wifi network only in guest?

Post by paulogonc »

Thanks, didn't remeber that solution, i will try. It's not perfect but it should work.

Now have another problem, the keyboard just works in one machine at a time, in the Host or in the Guest, acessing the devices -> usb menu...
mpack
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Re: It's possible to use wifi network only in guest?

Post by mpack »

One issue per topic please.
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