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On 14/05/18 21:09, mr meowski wrote:
Done programmatically rather than messing with nasty GUIs: Find out what the VM's name is and which network adapter you are using on the host PC to talk to the internet. In my case I'll use "zfsbot" as my VM and my host workstation's main network adapter is "enp6s0". Make sure the VM is not running when you run these commands! Set up your variables: export vmname=zfsbot export hostphy=enp6s0 echo $vmname $hostphy Set yours appropriately obviously. To apply: # check current settings: VBoxManage showvminfo $vmname | grep "NIC 1" # change the VM's adapter settings: VBoxManage modifyvm $vmname --nic1 bridged VBoxManage modifyvm $vmname --bridgeadapter1 $hostphy # boot the VM VBoxManage startvm $vmname If you want to set the network type back at any point then: VBoxManage modifyvm $vmname --nic1 nat It's always easier and more consistent to deal with complex tools via reproducible shell commands than clicking around in unfamiliar GUIs. Cheers
Dear folk, 20180515 at 10.00 BST( approx)Thanks to all for help in replies. Now I understand a "little" and have read and searched for info now I know 'networking' element is the key. However first plays (in GUI yesterday evening) only got me to a http landing page (page 2 maintenance set page), and then only by use of the IP address in my host-machine's browser. GUI playing: NAT. Bridged, Host-only gave many different IPs for host-machine 'hosts file' editing.
I realise that as I do not have a 'yourdomain.com' name to allocate to this, as I only want it (the "Casebox" program on VB server) to be viewable or workable 'within' my machine.
May be "Host-only" is what I want. I will experiment with CLI way. What fun to learn (and keep learning)! Thanks to everyone, I will follow up. realise what is wanted is perhaps -- regards Eion MacDonald -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG https://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq