Changes between Version 84 and Version 85 of User_FAQ

Timestamp:

May 20, 2008 5:38:26 AM (16 years ago)

Author:

Michael Thayer

Comment:

Mentioned ping

User_FAQ

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 == General ==
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+ * ping does not work with !VirtualBox NAT networking
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+ !VirtualBox's implementation of NAT networking is done entirely in user space.  This means in particular that it has no way of passing on the ICMP IP packets which are used by the ping command from the guest, as these require special privileges to send from the host.  The upshot of this is that you can't ping anything outside the local 10.0.2.x subnet from a NATed guest.
 
  * Sometimes !VirtualBox fails to start with a message on the lines of