Internet Access in Ubuntu on VirtualBox

Question

I recently installed Ubuntu on a VirtualBox VM ... it installed just fine (much easier than on VirtualPC). However, I'm unable to get internet access from the guest OS (ie. Ubuntu). Can anyone give me any pointers on how I might enable this?

The Host OS is Windows Vista, and the hardware is an IBM Lenovo.

Thanks! :-)

Answer 1

How did you configure networking when you created the guest? The easiest way is to set the network adapter to NAT, if you don't need to access the vm from another pc.

Answer 2

To add to ALassek's excellent answer, many wireless interfaces do not support promiscuous mode, and therefore cannot support bridged networking either (I'm not implying that you're in this situation, just mentioning it for the record). So yes, NAT is the first port of call in such cases.

Answer 3

Hey i have the same problem....... i need to use wifi in my guest (ubuntu), the host is windows7... any help regarding how i can acheive that???????

Answer 4

Hi,

I could get away with the following solution:

Ubuntu 9.10 Casper on host Windows XP x86

1. Go to network connections -> Virtual Box Host Only connection -> Select "Properties"
2. Choose Network Adapter as bridge
3. Come to Ubuntu and from Virtual box menu, choose the network adapter as Bridge.
4. You are done :)

Answer 5

Can You Please tell me How do i enable the network connection in Ubuntu 8.04 LTS server under virtualBox ?

Thanks & Best Regards Avijit