[ale] Virtual Box network configuration

[DJ-Pfulio]

If you want inbound traffic to the VM, then bridged mode is the easiest.
 It is often easiest to use DHCP reservations on your DHCP server (often
a router) to make the IP effectively static.

If you just want outbound traffic from the VM, then stay with NAT and
let the VM management software provide the local IP.

Which is best depends on how the VM is to be used.  Desktops - NAT.
Servers - bridged.  .......   in general, but there are always exceptions.

DHCP reservations at home are handy for portable devices. Then, you
don't have to change network settings inside or outside the house, but
still have a static IP when at home.

IMHO.


On 03/21/2017 01:26 PM, TxMoose wrote:
> Hey Jeff,
> 
> I run in Bridged mode and just have my VM pull a DHCP lease.  Unless
> your network is doing something super wonky where a switch port can only
> have a single MAC coming in, you should be fine.  There's a setting
> within the Windows Adapter settings dialog, though, that you have to
> ensure is checked.  I can't recall off hand right now, but it should
> stand out because it has "virtual box" in the name.
> 
> Good luck!
> 
> ---
> Very respectfully,
> Kyle Brieden
> 
> On 21-03-2017 13:17, Jeff Layton wrote:
>> Good afternoon,
>>
>> It's such a nice afternoon, I'm guessing that I'm one of the few still
>> in the office :)  But i thought I would take a chance.
>>
>> I've worked with Virtualbox before but it's been _years_. I've got a
>> Windows 10 laptop and I want to use VirtrualBox to install CentOS 7.
>> The part I'm having trouble with is the networking from the VM to the
>> outside world. Should I do a manual configuration on the NIC or should
>> I leave it as DHCP? Also, I've seen some articles that set it to
>> Bridged Mode (right now I've got it set as NAT).
>>
>> I've tried some various configuration and I still can't get to the
>> Internet from the VM. Any suggestions?
>>