Internet connection in Virtualbox won't work (Mac OS X host / Windows XP guest)

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Noel Whitemore picture Noel Whitemore · Jan 17, 2014 · Viewed 71.4k times · Source

I have been trying (and failing) to set up any kind of internet connection for my Windows XP virtual machine and would appreciate some assistance.

Details are as follows:

Virtualbox 4.3.0

Mac OS 10.6.8 host

Windows XP SP 2 guest

My internet connection is via Airport, with the IP address of the host being 192.168.1.2 (dynamically assigned by the router) and the router 192.168.1.1.

I think the problem I'm having is either not knowing which settings I'm supposed to be changing or what configuration I need. Is Windows XP supposed to retrieve its settings from an in-built DHCP server in Virtualbox or do I need to manually specify the IP address and gateway? If so, how do I know which addresses I'm supposed to be using?

In the Virtualbox preferences I also tried adding a host-only network and switching on the DHCP server, but when I ping any of the IP addresses used in the default configuration I just got either a "request timed out" or "destination unreachable" message.

As a last resort I tried installing the guest additions but this stopped Windows from even being able to boot so that doesn't seem to be an option either.

Taking all those points into account and trying not to complicate things, I thought I'd start over from the beginning again and the easiest option seemingly was to set-up a bridged adaptor connection and then (in Windows XP) manually specify the same IP addresses that the host has been assigned. But this didn't work either - the guest was unable to ping the router and the host got automatically assigned a different IP address after a Finder alert appeared saying that another computer on the network was already using the same IP address.

Thanks for any assistance!

Answer

kai233 picture kai233 · May 30, 2017

Choose "Bridged Adapter" and "PCnet-FAST III" in Network Settings.

Name en1: Wi-Fi (AirPort)

Worked for me, too. "PCnet-FAST III" is in the advanced options and can only be selected, when the machine is not running (but selected) via the 'Machine' > 'Settings' Menu option
Virtualbox 5.0.38

Would have put this in the comments, but as i just registered I don't have enough reputation points to do so.

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