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Deian on Virtuabox, network issues

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  • 14-10-2013 10:30am
    #1
    hooplah
    Registered Users Posts: 570 ✭✭✭


    Hi folks,

    I have a non-gui debian machine installed on Virtualbox, the host machine is Windows.

    I can ping the host machine and other machines on my workplace network. I cannot reach the outside world however.

    Any advice? Obviously I cannot instal new software.


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    #2
    Khannie
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 37,485 Mod ✭✭✭✭Khannie


    You need to add a second interface. One for the LAN, one for the internets. (one NAT and one bridged)


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    croo
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 1,334 Mod ✭✭✭✭croo


    Or just change the existing network definition to make it a Bridged Adapter!?
    Then the VM should receive an IP in the same network as your host and assuming your host has internet access so should the client VM.


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    hooplah
    Registered Users Posts: 570 ✭✭✭hooplah


    Cheers for the answers folks.

    I had the two adaptor setup described by Khannie above.

    In the end I needed to set up a proxy from the command line which I did using the instructions on this page: http://www.webupd8.org/2010/10/how-to-set-proxy-for-terminal-quick.html

    For some reason the proxy setting on Virtualbox itself didn't take effect.

    Thanks again for the help.

    (I misspelled Debian in the thread title. Would a mod mind changing this?)


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