VirtualBox Update 11/15/22

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On 2022-11-15 22:09, Nathan O'Brennan via PLUG-discuss wrote:
> Keith,
> I'm stretching here...
> 
> Sounds to me like the firewall may be causing issues with the bridge,
> or maybe ip forwarding is not enabled? Try turning off the firewall
> completely and see if there is a difference? I think Ubuntu uses ufw?

Definitely something is blocking access to the internet when in bridged 
mode.  I checked ufw and it was disabled.  I'll check again.

Thanks!!


> So try
> sudo ufw stop
> 
> or
> 
> sudo ufw disable
> Then reboot.
> You can also try ip forwarding
> sysctl net.ipv4.ip_forward=1
> I don't think you need to reboot after this as it happens immediately.
> Try this before and after the firewall disable.
> 
> On Tuesday, November 15, 2022 8:19:21 PM CST Keith Smith via
> PLUG-discuss wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
> 
>> 
> 
>> I uninstalled VirtualBox 7.0 that I installed from a .deb I
> dowloaded
> 
>> from the website on my Kubuntu 22.04 box.
> 
>> 
> 
>> I installed VB through the use of the GUI.  It was version 6.1.
> 
>> 
> 
>> Installed Ubuntu server 20.04 and set the network to bridged.
> 
>> 
> 
>> Problem persists.
> 
>> 
> 
>> Broke out my Win 10 laptop and installed VB on it.  Created a Ubuntu
> 
> 
>> 20.04 VM and change the network to Bridged and it worked.  I could
> ping
> 
>> it from my win box on my local net and the Ubuntu VM was Internet
> aware.
> 
>> 
> 
>> Not sure what this proves other than the install and configure
> should be
> 
>> an easy process.
> 
>> 
> 
>> Something is not right on my Kubuntu/VB/Ubuntu server setup.  The
> 
>> Kubuntu seems to be blocking the VM from accessing the Internet.
> Any
> 
>> thoughts are much appreciated.
> 
>> 
> 
>> Keith
> 
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