On Wednesday 17 September 2008, 06:18, Hilco Wijbenga wrote: > On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 17:07, Hal Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Marc Joliet wrote: > >> Am Tue, 16 Sep 2008 23:25:02 +0200 > >> schrieb pat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > I also installed VirtualBox, however when the Gentoo wiki suggested > > I edit a bunch of files in /etc/ I decided to go with the VirtualBox > > default configuration files; lo-and-behold, it works, Batman! > > The default uses NAT so that you're not visible from the little > network that VirtualBox sets up for you. Hence, if you need > *bi*directional access you must use "Host Interface" and to get that > working you need the bridge stuff.
Or no bridge, but proper NAT and forwarding configured on the host (this is how I use it).