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On 30/07/2013 08:45, Helmut Jarausch wrote: |
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> Hi, |
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> I've been running a Windows 7 (professional)guest with Virtualbox on my |
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> GenToo system for some years. |
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> But recently I have a broken network either due to Virtualbox or due to |
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> some |
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> (automatic) Windows updates. |
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> The situation is more than strange. |
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> Sometime using a backed up Virtualbox image the network seems to work |
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> but only for |
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> a very short time (some minutes?) |
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> Windows error analyzing tools don't see any network problems but it does |
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> not work. |
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> Trying ping -n 100 <IP> only a few packets come back but with a large |
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> delay (40-50 times |
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> larger delay compared to ping on the GenToo host) |
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> I've tried the most recent Virtualbox 4.2.16 as well the oldest one (in |
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> the tree) which is 4.1.26 |
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> So probably it looks best to me to change to a different (free) VM. |
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> What do you recommend? |
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> Many thanks for a hint, |
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> Helmut |
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Your post is a bit vague, what outcome are you looking for? |
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Do you want to fix the VirtualBox setup and carry on as always? |
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Just looking for a change from VBox and this latest is a good excuse? |
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I have Win7 pro running on virtualbox 4.2.16, no issues here. |
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Host kernel is 3.9.11-gentoo-r1, and the NIC presented to Windows is a |
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nat'ted Intel PRO/1000 |
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Alan McKinnon |
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alan.mckinnon@×××××.com |