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

User · Answer

it could be a problem with your specific network adapter. I have a Dell 15R and there are no working drivers for ubuntu or ubuntu server; I even tried compiling wireless drivers myself, but to no avail.

However, in virtualbox, I was able to get wireless working by using the default configuration. It automatically bridged my internal wireless adapter and hence used my native OS's wireless connection for wireless.

If you are trying to get a separate wireless connection from within ubuntu in virtualbox, then it would take more configuring. If so, let me know, if not, I will not bother typing up instructions to something you are not looking to do, as it is quite complicated in some instances.

p.s. you should be using Windows 7 if you have any technical inclination. Do you live under a rock? No offense intended.

User · Answer

I had the same problem   Solved by sharing internet connection  on the hosting OS    Network Connection Properties -  advanced -  Allow other users to connect

User · Answer

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

User · Answer

I had a similar issue in windows 7   ubuntu 12 04 as guest  I resolved by   open  network and sharing center  in windows right click  nw-bridge  -   properties  Select  virtual box host only network  for the option  select adapters you want to use to connect computers on your local network  go to virtual box   select the network type as NAT

User · Answer

I could get away with the following solution  works with Ubuntu 14 guest VM on Windows 7 host or Ubuntu 9 10 Casper guest VM on host Windows XP x86     Go to network connections -  Virtual Box Host-Only Network -  Select  Properties  Check VirtualBox Bridged Networking Driver Come to VirtualBox Manager  choose the network adapter as Bridged Adapter and Name to the device in Step  1  Restart the VM

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