Microsoft-Vista on despatcheshttps://icle.es/tags/microsoft-vista/Recent content in Microsoft-Vista on despatchesHugoenFri, 20 Jun 2025 09:25:00 +0100Vista Guest, Linux Host, VirtualBox, Host Networking - Bridgehttps://icle.es/2009/03/23/vista-guest-linux-host-virtualbox-host-networking-bridge/Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:39:41 +0000https://icle.es/2009/03/23/vista-guest-linux-host-virtualbox-host-networking-bridge/<p>One would think that it would be straightforward, work off the bat, or at least have some reasonable documentation. Unfortunately, no!</p> <p>I needed host networking to be able to access network resources (Samba shares etc.) which does not work if the guest OS is on NAT :-(</p> <p>Solving it was easy though&hellip; I assume Vista is installed as a guest with the guest additions and that your user account is a part of the vboxusers group.</p>One would think that it would be straightforward, work off the bat, or at least have some reasonable documentation. Unfortunately, no!

I needed host networking to be able to access network resources (Samba shares etc.) which does not work if the guest OS is on NAT :-(

Solving it was easy though… I assume Vista is installed as a guest with the guest additions and that your user account is a part of the vboxusers group.

On the linux host, first install bridge utils. I run Ubuntu, so it was as easy as:

```bash $ sudo aptitude install bridge-utils ```

Next, you need to set up the bridge; again, easy on Ubuntu:

add the following section to /etc/network/interfaces

``` auto br0 iface br0 inet dhcp bridge_ports eth1 ```

Add the interfaces to VirtualBox

```bash $ sudo VBoxAddIF vbox0 'shri' br0 ```

Within the VirtualBox Guest settings, choose Host Networking and fo the interface, choose br0

bring the interface up:

``` $ sudo ifup br0 ```

and start your guest os… et voila, it just works…

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