Opened 6 years ago
#17566 new enhancement
"VBoxManage natnetwork list" output incomplete
| Reported by: | damiano++ | Owned by: | |
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| Component: | documentation | Version: | VirtualBox 5.2.6 |
| Keywords: | Cc: | ||
| Guest type: | all | Host type: | Mac OS X |
Description
The command "VBoxManage natnetwork list" does not show as much information about configured networks as "VBoxManage list natnetworks" does.
The attached "output.txt" shows the output of the two commands for an example natnetwork.
If a network has ports forwarded, this part of the configuration can only be seen with "VBoxManage list natnetworks".
It's counter-intuitive that not everything about natnetworks can be observed/managed with "VBoxManage natnetwork ...". Technically, this behaviour is documented https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch06.html#network_nat_service but it's easily overlooked. The documentation should emphasise more clearly that not all natnetwork-related commands can be reached with "VBoxManage natnetwork ...". Or, alternatively an additional command-line argument in the spirit of "VBoxManage natnetwork list --detail" would print the port forwardings as well.
Command output