[ale] Virtual Box network configuration

[Jeff Layton]

Thanks for the help everyone!

I just need client access so I used NAT. The interesting part is that 
when I would turn on the Ethernet interface during the initial install, 
Windows 10 crashed every time. I could only turn it on after the first 
reboot to finish the configuration.

Thanks!

Jeff

> It depends if your VM is offering services or not.
>
> If it's strictly a client machine, then configure in NAT and everything
> should work fine.
>
> If you are offering services, then there are two good routes:
>
> 1. Bridged mode will cleanly separate your VM from your machine, connect it
> to the LAN and issue it a completely different IP address. The challenge
> with this mode is that it is not mobile and services often get confused
> when the VM suddenly pops up on a different network.
>
> 2. NAT mode with port forwarding. This mode is the same as client NAT mode.
> But in addition it opens up forwarding ports between the VM and the host
> machine. A bit more challenging to set up (under the Advanced button on the
> network setup page for NAT) but is completely portable and will operate
> properly even if the host moves between networks.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> BAJ
>
> On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 01:17:47PM -0400, 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?
>>
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Jeff
>>
>>
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