Timeline for How to configure VirtualBox NAT to use host WLAN
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| Jan 23, 2022 at 14:59 | comment | added | anon | I also made note abut DNS (should be pretty much automatic) and also about restarting machines. | |
| Jan 23, 2022 at 14:57 | history | edited | anon | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jan 23, 2022 at 14:47 | history | edited | anon | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jan 23, 2022 at 14:37 | comment | added | anon | I amended my answer to include the NAT option for a standard host wireless connection. | |
| Jan 23, 2022 at 14:36 | history | edited | anon | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jan 23, 2022 at 14:32 | comment | added | anon | The VBOX internal DHCP server is confined to the NAT setup for the guest. It is not related to Bridged at all. In NAT, the guest needs an IP address and cannot get that directly from the Host so a DHCP server is provided for that function. Generally it is not possible / bad practice to assign a NAT address as Static. Bridged connections (host router) can be Static. USB Passthrough for the WLAN card is a different connection again. If your WLAN connection is at a Router, then Bridged Connection (Option 1) should work. There is not "one size fits all" | |
| Jan 23, 2022 at 14:28 | comment | added | Setririon | I'm not sure I understand this correctly. How does the DHCP server decide which physical network to connect to if there are different choices? Is that fixed, or does it depend on what network the host is using primarily? The way I think about VMs, they just virtualize everything, so I feel like any type of network connection of the host should be turned into a virtualized network connection for the guest, or is this intuition wrong? The wireless network is the "standard" WLAN from the main router in this house, so I don't think that classifies as cellular wireless, does it? | |
| Jan 23, 2022 at 13:51 | history | answered | anon | CC BY-SA 4.0 |