[vbox-dev] Network-Info

[Frank Mehnert]

Thomas,

Please always reply to the mailing list. To answer your question: 
The information about the IP is definitely OS-dependent, that is,
you have to use some means of the guest to determine the guest IP
address.

Kind regards,

Frank

On Sunday 16 August 2009, Thomas Trepper wrote:
> Hi Frank,
>
> do you know another way, even if the guest additions are not installed
> or not installable?
>
> Thanks a lot
>
> Thomas
>
> Frank Mehnert schrieb:
> > Thomas,
> >
> > On Sunday 09 August 2009, Thomas Trepper wrote:
> >> I am trying to get the the network-info from an vBox (especially the
> >> IP). Does anybody know, how to get it, when
> >>
> >> * NATed
> >> * Bridged (in DHCP-Mode)
> >> * Bridged (static IP in guest)
> >> * internal
> >> * host-only
> >
> > If this is a Windows guest then install the guest additions
> >
> >   VBoxManage guestproperty enumerate VM_NAME \
> >     --patterns "/VirtualBox/GuestInfo/Net*"
> >
> > Kind regards,
> >
> > Frank
> >
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