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Virtualbox mini-howto
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Virtualbox has three types of network: nat (default), a virtual network
 between vm and bridged networking.
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The first and the second works out of the box so let's explain the third.
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Bridged networking uses the tun/tap interface, so the first requirement
 is the tun module loaded at startup (in slackware modify rc.modules).
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Then you have to change the rc.vboxbridge in rc.local to match the number
 of machines and the username of the virtualbox user (sh /etc/rc.d/rc.vboxbridge
 start 
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The last step is 
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chmod 755 /etc/rc.d/rc.vboxbridge
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 and 
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/etc/rc.d/rc.vboxbridge start 
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2 user
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 as above and voila, bridged networking is up and running.
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A last note, for bridged networking to work you need at least a network
 interface (i.e.
 eth0) configured with an ip address.
 The rc script retrieves the eth0 ip address automatically but I haven't
 yet tested it with aliases, so if you have net aliases and bridging isn't
 working or your network configuration screws up you are on your own.
 I take no responsibility for any damage to your O.S./pc/network/wife/dog
 (so as we tell in Italy 
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Uomo avvisato mezzo salvato
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, who knows italian let's translate).
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Feel free to correct this text (my english is poor, I already know that),
 but, please, send me a copy so I can change it in the next release.
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Update (31/05/2008):
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if you run into trouble with network in linux guests
 (i.e.
 the network is not responding), add something like that in your rc.local
 or other local start file based on your distribution (sorry, that won't
 work with other than Slackware):
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ping -c1 <host ip>
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TEST=$?
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while [ $TEST -eq 1 ];
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do
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/etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 stop &&
 /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 start
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ping -c1 <host ip>
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TEST=$?
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done
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This check if network is up and restart until it comes up.
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