Hi, I have never used virtualbox under RHEL clones, but it works fine on UBuntu (network also). How about trying to create bridged interface to normal network using brctl cli tool? -- Eero 2015-10-27 5:43 GMT+02:00 Yasha Karant <[log in to unmask]>: > > On 10/26/2015 12:27 PM, Eero Volotinen wrote: > > > > 2015-10-26 20:45 GMT+02:00 Yasha Karant <[log in to unmask]>: > >> Although the KVM solution discussed here may work, the description of >> this in operation appears to be a true >> hypervisor even when only used to run, say, MS Windows as an application >> environment virtual machine under SL. That is, this solution is not the >> same "in spirit" as is VirtualBox. On a hard 802.3 wired connection, >> VirtualBox does provide Internet access to the outside world from the >> guest; this seems to be a failure on a 802.11 ISP wifi connection. JHas >> anyone used VMware-Player-12.0.0-2985596.x86_64.bundle on a SL7 host >> with a MS Win guest? >> > > Did you really enabled bridged interface for host on VirtualBox? > > -- > Eero > > > Yes -- I just tried it again. The only network that seems to be active is > vboxnet -- which is detected by Network Manager, but Network Manager cannot > activate vboxne -- Network Manager just "spins". MS Win 7 Pro complains > that there is no network adapter -- although the Intel MT hardware appears > under the MS Win hardware GUI. Does VirtualBox with a MS Win 7 guest have > Internet access from the MS Win guest on your system? What configuration > are you using? Could it be specific IEEE 802.11 WNICs under SL -- some > work, some do not with VirtualBox current? This used to work with an > earlier 32 bit SL 6 system and an earlier release of VirtualBox. Note that > the MS Win guest is 32 bit although both SL 7 and the VirtualBox system are > 64 bit. > > Yasha Karant > >