----- Original Message ---- From: Stevens <fred-n-sandy@embarqmail.com> To: opensuse@opensuse.org Sent: Thursday, January 3, 2008 8:09:52 AM Subject: Re: [opensuse] virtualbox networking Phil Burness asked "How can I connect from other machines on the 192.168.1.xxx network to the windows machine and vice versa?" and the responses basically said use bridging. OK, I read the opensuse bridging howto and it is pretty straightforward BUT what if I don't have either a second NIC or room for one? Wouldn't it possible to allow (through NAT, maybe?) access to the vb machine via the host's local IP address? If so, what would be the best way to set it up? Fred -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org ---- You don't need a second NIC to configure bridging. When you set up bridging for VirtualBox, it creates a virtual NIC that is "attached" to the physical one used by the host OS. If your host OS has an eth0, your virtual NIC will be either eth0:0 or eth0:1. I can't remember which. The only reason you might want or need a second NIC would be if the guest OS is going to be hosting some application that is going to require heavy I/O that will saturate the ethernet interface and cause the network connection to become a serious bottleneck. Christopher Dick ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org