with VirtualBox 2.1.4 you don't have to setup any bridging, at least not to be on the same LAN (ie, my VirtualBox machine is on the same subnet as my the physical machine)
basically you just say use eth0 (or whatever) in the Virtual Machine config, and it doesn't setup any bridge interfaces very very easy On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 3:44 PM, Alex Samad <a...@samad.com.au> wrote: > On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 01:09:47PM +1100, Jeff Waugh wrote: > > <quote who="Sridhar Dhanapalan"> > > > > > It still looks like having proper network bridging (so the VMs are > > > directly on the network just like any other host) is a pain in the bum. > > > The solutions I've seen involve performing some arcane rituals with > brctl > > > and co. > > > > Bridging is brain-meltingly simple on Debian-based systems. Quick example > of > > /etc/network/interfaces with a single bridge set up: > > > > auto br0 > > iface br0 inet static > > address 192.168.10.200 > > netmask 255.255.255.0 > > gateway 192.168.10.1 > > bridge_ports eth0 eth1 eth2 > > > > ^ Only *ONE* extra line to say "sudo make me a bridge", xkcd-style > ;-) > > this is mine for virtualbox on debian > auto brVB > allow-hotplug brVB > # All the vbox interfaces will attach to this interface > iface brVB inet static > bridge_ports none > address 192.168.1.1 > netmask 255.255.255.0 > > I then just use routing > > > > > (There are additional parameters you can add if you want to, but they're > all > > optional.) > > > > - Jeff > > > > -- > > linux.conf.au 2010: Wellington, NZ > http://www.penguinsvisiting.org.nz/ > > > > "The postmodern version is: If all you have is duct tape, everything > > starts to look like a duct. Right. When's the last time you used duct > > tape on a duct?" - Larry Wall > > -- > > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > > > > -- > "And I am an optimistic person. I guess if you want to try to find > something to be pessimistic about, you can find it, no matter how hard you > look, you know?" > > - George W. Bush > 06/15/2004 > Washington, DC > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) > > iEYEARECAAYFAknBzaAACgkQkZz88chpJ2NV9ACeLgn1IbWv5h3xywB4ye4HMyZZ > n ཤﰳ㖣忭ꁍ⬲褻� > =R1lJ > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
