Hopefully this little list is enough to get you going. Job is done!! After some years of attempting this on and off, it has finally come together and all works. You might need to set a default gateway in the host OS. Make sure that the guest OS is running the network connection with DHCP so that it gets the correct address, gateway, DNS, etc.

VBoxManage modifyvm 'My VM' -hostifdev1 vbox0

You can do this via the GUI by putting the required name (vbox0) into the network settings box “Interface Name” under the HIS section. Now tell your VM configuration to use this interface. Also note that VirtualBox has a method of creating dynamic interfaces (that only appear when you want them) but that is more complex to set up. Note that these VirtualBox interfaces can only be used once so if you have two VM’s, you will need two interfaces. If you run the command ifconfig you will now see a new network interface called vbox0 which will reappear along with br0, Where is the VirtualBox user running the VM - I guess you have to do this for every user who might run the VM. You will end up with a new file in /etc/sysconfig/network called ifcfg-br0 containing something like:Ĭreate a permanent interface for VirtualBox to use (also called a “tap” interface) with the command: Instead I am going to configure eth1.įollow the instructions at the OpenSUSE web site to set up a basic bridge. I am not going to mess with eth0 as this is the card I use for the main network from my desktop. Firstly though, note that I have two network cards.

So here is my summary of getting host interface working on my OpenSUSE 10.3 desktop. This is because VirtualBox uses the powerful and flexible bridging capabilities of Linux – but they have no easy GUI setup! Under VirtualBox this is called “Host Interface Networking” and, with a Linux host anyway, is a right royal pain to set up. However, there is one thing that VMware is better at – setting up the guest network on the same network as the host. Also VirtualBox seems to have better Linux host support (sound, etc.). I prefer to use VirtualBox rather than VMware as it seems to be rather faster and less resource hungry than VMware Server (the only free version of VMware with a GUI).

What is virtualbox bridged networking