On 2022-11-15 10:40, JD Austin via PLUG-discuss wrote: > I was going to reply the same. Set the network to bridged instead of > nat, which the default. NAT give me access to the internet, however I cannot reach from my local net. Bridged gives me access on my network, however I do not have access to the Internet. Any help much appreciated. Keith > > On Tue, Nov 15, 2022 at 10:20 AM Bob Elzer via PLUG-discuss > wrote: > >> This sounds more like a network problem than a virtual box problem. >> When I set up my virtual machines I use bridged networking and let >> DHCP give out the address it should also tell the virtual machine >> the route to the internet. >> >> What IP address are you getting when you have access to the >> internet, and what address do you get when you're connected to the >> local network? >> >> This just sounds like a routing issue >> >> On Tue, Nov 15, 2022, 7:42 AM Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss >> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> As you probably know I am struggling to configure Oracle's >>> VirtualBox >>> for web development testing. >>> >>> VirtualBox is a mess. I cannot get it to work for PHP testing. >>> It will >>> either work external so I can build the server OR I can make it >>> visible >>> to my local net and I am not able to pull in any packages. >>> >>> My expectation was that I could download and install VB then >>> create a >>> guest instance and configure my VM as I like, and in my case I >>> want to >>> have it have an IP on my local private network, and be able to put >>> that >>> IP in my browser and do some testing. >>> >>> VirtualBox in my opinion is what is wrong with technology. I've >>> said it >>> before and I'll say it again, technology has become too difficult. >>> Case >>> in point, last year I configured a full-stack host in my home >>> office. >>> This was complete with BIND, Postfix, and Dovecot. With a little >>> studying Bind is doable. Postfix, and Dovecot on the other hand >>> are >>> total enigmas. I probably need to spend 30 or 40 hours to >>> understand >>> setting up and configuring Postfix, and Dovecot. >>> >>> I was able to get things to work, however I still do not know how. >>> >>> PHP is the same in my opinion. To be a PHP dev requires a large >>> stack >>> of technologies. I'm starting to feel the barrier to entry is too >>> high. >>> About 3 years ago I attended several AzPHP meetings and I was >>> amazed to >>> discover that the top programmers actually were embracing this >>> level of >>> complexity. There was one guy,who is accomplished, that actually >>> looked >>> down on anyone who was not at his level. Yikes!! >>> >>> I'm talking about things like Composer and dependency injection. >>> Anyone >>> know there is three ways to configure and use dependency >>> injection. I >>> do not recall all 3 off the top of my head. >>> >>> CodeIgniter 1 and 2 used dependency injection in a way that hid >>> the >>> complexities of dependency injection. It was so subtle that you >>> don't >>> even know you are implementing dependency injection. >>> >>> I really liked CodeIgniter 1 and 2. It hid the complexities of >>> web >>> development and was the closest thing I've seen in web development >>> that >>> was rapid application development (RAD). >>> >>> One of the things I really liked about CodeIgniter was it's >>> simplicity. >>> A middle school kid could learn enough about it in a weekend to >>> start >>> building something. >>> >>> Back to VirtualBox... It is entirely too complicated and I'm not >>> sure >>> why. Can anyone shed light on this? >>> >>> I read that everyone should learn how to program. Why? >>> Programming >>> itself is simple... doing anything remotely useful requires you >>> get down >>> into the mud of the complexities of building an application. >>> >>> I fell in love with programming at the UofA in 1983. I feel in >>> love >>> with Linux in 1998 when a friend told me about it. Yes I'm old. >>> And I've >>> seen a lot. >>> >>> What was VirtualBox created for and does it need to be so complex? >>> >>> Keith >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss