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I'm running VirtualBox on my Windows 7 laptop and I have two VMs. One is Windows Server 2012 R2 and it works great, no issues. I installed ProxMox VE in a Linux (debian 64-bit) vm, and got everything installed, but can't seem to get internet connection to work. Updates don't run (could not resolve host http://security.debian.org). Cannot ping security.debian.org.

The network setup is fuzzy to me in this VM (Linux in general to be honest). I'm trying to understand/learn it. I've stripped down my sources.list file but as I said I can't even ping one of the sites. I'm sure it is related to the network settings in VirtualBox.

Happy to post needed info.

I installed ProxMox VE in a Linux (debian 64-bit) vm

Did the original install of debian work and was/is it able to communicate with the host, Etc.?

I would not hold my breath hoping for ProxMox VE working or working well as it would be the equivalent of nested virtualization and not supported.

Well, I will have to say that is where I'm weak in this area, because I'm not sure what you mean by communicate with the host, how to check that. I know how to check it in the Windows box.

Apologies for the ignorance. But I did consider whether the ProxMox VM would work in VB or not...I'm ok just going with a plain debian install if I can't get this resolved.

First lets start with a little more information.

From the hosts terminal/command window 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.

Note if the host is Windows you need to be in the directory that has VBoxManage.exe for the command to work.

As well as:

Post the guests log file ( as an attachment ). Right click on the guest in the Main Manager then click show log. Save and post as an attachment. Compress if it is too large to post.

Both files attached.

Thank you

So you have two network adaptors with one set to Bridged and one set to host-only. The host-only would allow communications with the host and guest but no Internet. The Bridged should have Internet connectivity but I see you are using a wireless connection so it might fail due to the access point not allowing the actual connection for what ever reason. I would first try changing the bridged to NAT and see if that allows Internet access and report back of the outcome.

That one was originally NAT before changing it to bridged - I changed it back but no dice. Not able to ping security.debian.org. For that command I am entering

ping security.debian.org

Just making sure I have that right.

You could also try ping to google.com and then using ping 8.8.8.8 to see if either reply. If the actual IP works then you know it is a DNS issue. Other than that it could be firewall, or router issues.

google.com Unknown host
8.8.8.8 Destination Host Unreachable

Looks like I'm on the road to nowhere...