id summary reporter owner description type status component version resolution keywords cc guest host 3411 AMD PCnet Ethernet Driver is missing Clemens Fuchslocher "The UserManual.pdf of 2.1.4 states: > Windows Vista no longer ships a driver for the AMD PCnet Ethernet > card that VirtualBox provides to the guest by default [...]. As a > convenience, VirtualBox ships with a 32-bit driver for the AMD > PCnet card, which comes with the Windows Guest Additions. [...] > Then, start the Windows Hardware Wizard and direct it to the Guest > Additions CD where a driver for the PCnet card can be found in the > directory 32bit\Windows\3rdParty\AMD_PCnet. But the directory 32bit\Windows\3rdParty\AMD_PCnet doesn't exist anymore in the iso image of the guest additions. It was still there in 2.1.0 but disappeared in 2.1.2: === 2.1.0 === {{{ 2.1.0$ md5sum VirtualBox-2.1.0-41146-Linux_x86.run 1f9b356338085643867c41fad4377c31 VirtualBox-2.1.0-41146-Linux_x86.run 2.1.0$ bash VirtualBox-2.1.0-41146-Linux_x86.run --tar xvf 2.1.0$ tar -jxvf VirtualBox.tar.bz2 2.1.0$ isoinfo -J -f -i additions/VBoxGuestAdditions.iso | grep AMD_PCnet /32Bit/Windows/3rdParty/AMD_PCnet /32Bit/Windows/3rdParty/AMD_PCnet/PCNTPCI5.sys /32Bit/Windows/3rdParty/AMD_PCnet/netamd.inf /32Bit/Windows/3rdParty/AMD_PCnet/pcntpci5.cat }}} === 2.1.2 === {{{ 2.1.2$ md5sum VirtualBox-2.1.2-41885-Linux_x86.run 0e04a8073cd927ac7f2133f70b91482d VirtualBox-2.1.2-41885-Linux_x86.run 2.1.2$ bash VirtualBox-2.1.2-41885-Linux_x86.run --tar xvf 2.1.2$ tar -jxvf VirtualBox.tar.bz2 2.1.2$ isoinfo -J -f -i additions/VBoxGuestAdditions.iso | grep AMD_PCnet }}} === 2.1.4 === {{{ 2.1.4$ md5sum VirtualBox-2.1.4-42893-Linux_x86.run 45c689215a37f274b5b4fe8c7cd7b288 VirtualBox-2.1.4-42893-Linux_x86.run 2.1.4$ bash VirtualBox-2.1.4-42893-Linux_x86.run --tar xvf 2.1.4$ tar -jxvf VirtualBox.tar.bz2 2.1.4$ isoinfo -J -f -i additions/VBoxGuestAdditions.iso | grep AMD_PCnet }}} Installing the driver manually from http://www.amd.com/us-en/assets/content_type/utilities/V4.51.zip works fine for me. {{{ $ unzip -l V4.51.zip Archive: V4.51.zip Length Date Time Name -------- ---- ---- ---- 26582 07-07-04 12:01 WinXP_SignedDriver/netamd.inf 9136 07-19-04 12:02 WinXP_SignedDriver/pcntpci5.cat 36352 07-07-04 12:01 WinXP_SignedDriver/PCNTPCI5.sys 26582 07-07-04 12:01 WinServer2003_SignedDriver/netamd.inf 9136 07-19-04 13:17 WinServer2003_SignedDriver/pcntpci5.cat 36352 07-07-04 12:01 WinServer2003_SignedDriver/PCNTPCI5.sys 7361 08-02-04 16:23 readme.rtf -------- ------- 151501 7 files }}} " defect closed guest additions VirtualBox 2.1.4 fixed Windows Linux