From: Mick <michaelkintzios@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] What network configuration should I use with vbox
Date: Sat, 9 Oct 2010 08:40:02 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <AANLkTimLkaQa8reo=95p=RhsDjLS-SXWCTMKdV12a4mq@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4CAFD39C.1040506@gmail.com>
On 9 October 2010 03:29, James Wall <wallservices@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 10/08/2010 05:47 PM, Bill Longman wrote:
>> On 10/08/2010 03:36 PM, Maciej Grela wrote:
>>> 2010/10/8 Mick <michaelkintzios@gmail.com>:
>>>> I want to install MSWindows in a VM. I want to be able to use the guest
>>>> MSWindows OS to connect to a website run on apache on the Gentoo host OS on
>>>> the same machine.
>>>>
>>>> What is the recommended network configuration for the VM? NAT or bridge?
>>>> Anything I should pay particular attention to? I haven't configured a network
>>>> machine before.
>>>
>>> I would suggest bridge mode in this case.
>>
>> I second the motion to use bridge mode. All in favor, say "aye".
>>
> Aye! The bridged mode will give the VM a LAN address from DHCP (provided
> that your LAN uses DHCP) address that can then be used like a regular
> machine.
Nice, thanks.
--
Regards,
Mick
prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-10-09 7:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-10-08 21:44 [gentoo-user] What network configuration should I use with vbox Mick
2010-10-08 22:36 ` Maciej Grela
2010-10-08 22:47 ` Bill Longman
2010-10-09 2:29 ` James Wall
2010-10-09 7:40 ` Mick [this message]
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