well... just an update it sort of worked, but not completely. I could manage to make VNC run on the server, so I could access the graphical virtualbox interface and so work in the guest. so, on the host, I have a virtual network 192.168.56.1 working. on the guest, I have access to the internet and could make an update (zypper up) - the network is fixed, 192.168.56.2. still I can't access the virtual guest from the host (and of course not anybetter from outside - my home). The firewall works like a gateway/masquerade as it always did, but from the host it have no use. I yet have to try to explore the network config from the guest and from the host to see where is going the guest internet access... jdd -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org