Questions tagged [virtualbox]
VirtualBox is a free, open source virtualization program from Oracle for the x86/x86_64 architectures.
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Hello world! My query may be a repeat but..... reputation points dont build themselves? VM + Windows 10 [closed]
So im running win 10 home and have an i7 8700k, of course with virtualization on.....
My question is this.... Is there a way to boot into a virtual machine ive set up? i already have dual boot with an ...
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How does the router know to send packets to a VM on bridge mode?
How exactly does the router know that, to reach a VM, it needs to reach my computer first? Does VirtualBox alter the local network ARP?
Some people say that you need to set promiscuous mode for ...
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Why can Ethernet NICs bridge to VirtualBox and most Wi-Fi NICs don't?
I saw in forums that some Wi-Fi adapters can't support bridge, but they didn't explain very well why.
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Why can all Ethernet NICs bridge to a VM, like VirtualBox bridge mode, and some Wi-Fi ...
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How VirtualBox NIC bridging works?
I'm trying to understand somethings.
General Part:
I'm new on this area and I saw a video of a phisical network that told that a bridge connects two networks and knows if certain host is on the A side ...
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Windows 8.1 Pro VM (on VirtualBox running on Ubuntu) won't boot [closed]
First and foremost, forgive me if any of the following command returns are too vague or missing; I'm typing this up partly from screenshots and partly from memory. Happy to run any or all of them ...
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How host.docker.internal works on Windows
I just want to understand why on Windows the IP of host.docker.internal is not the IP of the host, neither 172.17.0.1.
How all of this works on Docker?
I've already read the documentation but couldn't ...
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black screen after login into kali inside virtualbox [maybe display bad settings]
I after install Kali inside oracle VirtualBox I can`t login to it and see this black screen:
And when i want to close it VirtualBox shows me this:
I think it is incorrect display settings. These are ...
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How can I link the virtual machine to appear with its own unique MAC address?
I made a virtual machine when changing from NAT to bridging mode, and when checking on the devices connected to the network the virtual machine appears with the host MAC address which I assume is ...
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Security Onion VM not picking up traffic from mirrored port
I have the following set up: my PC is connected to two ports on the Netgear switch (2 and 7) via two NICs, and the switch is configured to mirror ports 3 & 4 to port 7. A Security Onion VM on ...
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VM Virtualbox bridged network & issues connecting to eduroam WiFi
I have an Ubuntu 22 computer on which I have a Windows 10 VM using Virtualbox. I use bridged network settings.
When I am at home on the WiFi or using a personal hotspot from my smartphone, Windows 10 ...
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Is Bridge Mode on Docker the same thing as NAT Network on VirtualBox?
For me they're the same. There's the host that handles the IP's to the virtual machines and they can communicate with each other and with the host, but not see other devices on the Local Network.
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How to fix bridged VirtualBox ethernet setup with the network config on the ubuntu guest system?
On windows 10 I have a ubuntu VirtualBox running and I have two ethernet interfaces on the windows host:
"Ethernet"
"WLAN"
I now want to connect these two real ethernet devices ...
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How to define the network settings inside a ubuntu virtual machine inside VirtualBox?
On windows 10 I am running a VirtualBox with an Ubuntu OS inside, and I seem to have issues to set up the network inside. ip addr show shows the following output:
while the network settings is empty!
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VirtualBox can't operate in VMX mode
Recently, I tried to use VirtualBox and got this error,
VirtualBox can't operate in VMX root mode.
Please disable the KVM kernel extension, recompile your kernel and reboot.
(VERR_VMX_IN_VMX_ROOT_MODE)...
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Can't boot VHD image after resizing in VirtualBox
I have a pretty big mess to sort.
I have a 512GB VHD which I use to store private backups. It started running out of storage so I looked online how to make it bigger (as I assumed VHD's probably just ...
