Opened 6 years ago
Last modified 6 years ago
#17883 new defect
Bridge adaptor removed when updating to 5.2.16
| Reported by: | sharky98 | Owned by: | |
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| Component: | network | Version: | VirtualBox 5.2.16 |
| Keywords: | Cc: | ||
| Guest type: | Linux | Host type: | Windows |
Description
Hello,
When updating from 5.2.14 on a Windows 10 host, my VM configured with network using a Bridge Adaptor were not able to boot. By looking at the settings, the dropdown list when selecting the Bridged Adapter is empty. If I'm not mistaken, there is a Network adapter that should be showing in the Windows control panel, but it doesn't. Is it like the update deleted the adapter (as design I guess since there is a warning for that in the installer), but didn't recreate it.
I was able to resolve this by doing a complete uninstall and install, the bridged adapter was shown in the list. But I feel the update shouldn't break that.
PS: I selected Linux as Guest type, as it's my only guest, but I'm sure it applies to all guest.
It's usually better and faster, if issues get first addressed in the VirtualBox forums. More than 95% of the issues are resolved over there, which keeps the developers focusing on the bug fixes and enhancements, and there is no need for another ticket to keep track of. For example, yours is most probably not a bug and someone from the developers has to deal with it and close it as "Invalid". And yours is not a bug because it lacks a vital characteristic: it's not reproducible.