VDE networking support seems not to be present

[maq123]

Hi,

I am trying to use my vbox in conjunction with VDE switch. Checked in the docs, that it should be compiled with --enable-vde flag to make it effective so that in interface's properties I will be able to choose VDE next to other native options.

I got virtualbox sources for Ubuntu 16.04 and I can see the VDE flag is set to 1 by default. Recompiled it for the formality and installed those packages, still there is no VDE option present.

Can you guys confirm you still support VDE?

[maq123]

ok it seems it works but the usage is not documented...

    Create a VDE switch:

    vde_switch -s /tmp/switch1

    Configuration via command-line:

    VBoxManage modifyvm "VM name" --nic<x> generic

    VBoxManage modifyvm "VM name" --nicgenericdrv<x> VDE

    To connect to automatically allocated switch port, use:

    VBoxManage modifyvm "VM name" --nicproperty<x> network=/tmp/switch1

    To connect to specific switch port <n>, use:

    VBoxManage modifyvm "VM name" --nicproperty<x> network=/tmp/switch1[<n>]

    The latter option can be useful for VLANs.
    Optionally map between VDE switch port and VLAN: (from switch CLI)

    vde$ vlan/create <VLAN>

    vde$ port/setvlan <port> <VLAN>

This was described there : ​http://underpop.online.fr/v/virtualbox/ch06s09.html Maybe docs could be extended to give any clue to a potential future user...