Network

Links

Setup

To allow the Windows host to connect to the Linux guest operating system:

Host Setup (Windows)

Create a new virtual machine (see Getting Started).
Click on Network to configure network settings for your VM
In the latest installation I did, I just selected Bridged Adapter, and everything just worked!

Note: On Virtual Box 2.2.0, I wanted to created a Debian virtual machine which could access the internet AND I could connect to using putty. The only way I could get this working was with a Bridged Network (had to Repair the Virtual Box install before I could select a Bridged Network Adpater.

Note: Don’t think we need the following instructions any more…
- Add a new host interface by click the add button next to the Host Interfaces select box. Name it anything you like.
- Change the Attached to option to Host Interface. Choose your new host interface in the Interface name option.
```
Network Settings
../../images/howto/virtual-box/network-settings.gif
```
- This will create a virtual interface TAP adapter in the Windows Network Connections.
- Go to the Windows Network Connections. Highlight your main connection and the new virtual interface, right click and choose Bridge Connections.
```
Network Connections
../../images/howto/virtual-box/network-connections.gif
```
  This is how the network connections screen looks after the bridge is set-up:
```
Network Connections
../../images/howto/virtual-box/network-connections-result.gif
```
  Now all packets sent to or from the virtual interface will be routed through your main network connection.
Now to set up the client:

Guest Setup (Linux)

Start the virtual machine with Ubuntu Installed (Debian in my case).
Make sure ssh is installed (../linux/debian/install).

Restart the network
```
/etc/init.d/networking restart
```
Test
```
ifconfig
```
…(we should see the address set in the /etc/network/interfaces file)… but we don’t… but the address we see is the one to use…

Issues

`eth0`

http://www.debianhelp.org/node/2432

I was not sure eth0 existed, so I browsed for allow-hotplug and found the above article. When I ran:

dhclient eth0

…the message makes me think that eth0 does not exist. When I ran:

dhclient eth1

…the network burst into life…