Re: virtualbox:networking
On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 05:31:56AM -0400, Mark Neidorff wrote:
> I'm running Lenny-amd64. I set up virtualbox-amd64 from their deb. Works
> fine, but....I have a network printer (HP Officejet Pro 8500) at 192.168.1.32
> which is within my local network. The install of virtualbox sets up a
> network on the 10.x.x.x network for access between the guest OS and the host.
> I was able to force the installer to find the printer but it told me that
> since I was crossing networks it might not work properly. Sure enough, pages
> get dropped during a multi page print job.
>
> My question is how do I change the IP that virtualbox uses for the guest to
> communicate with the host so that the guest is within my network and my
> printing will work properly?
>
What you want is "Host Interface" networking. It involves configuring a
bridge on the host computer. It is covered very well in the VirtualBox
documentation, section 6.5. You can get that on VirtualBox's
"downloads" webpage.
-Rob
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