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From: Stevens
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
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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
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