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On 04/08/10 13:40, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: |
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>On 04/08/2010 07:11 AM, Joseph wrote: |
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>>I've activated Network adapter in VirtualBox (running Windows XP) but I |
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>>it is not working. It works only in NAT mode not in Bridge mode. |
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>>The worst part is when I enable bridge mode on second adapter the |
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>>keyboard lock up, so I need to reboot the box :-/ |
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>>I've copied the VM into my other box and VirtualBox Network part is |
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>>working in both Bridge and NAT mode. |
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>>So I can not seem to understand why it is working on one box but not the |
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>>other. |
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>>Does it have something to do with Promiscuous Mode? |
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>Promiscuous Mode is needed for bridging to work. This is why NAT |
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>mode is preferable, btw, unless you have a good reason to use |
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>bridging. |
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How to check if network card is set/support "promiscuose" mode? |
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I know to set it is: |
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ifconfig eth0 promisc |
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I need to mount some directory via samba to backup some windows files and in NAT mode was not able to mount the Windows XP directory, it bridge mode |
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samba has no problem mounting windows directory. |
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Joseph |
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