[Freedombox-discuss] virtualbox image

[Jonathan Wilkes]

----- Original Message -----
> From: Nick M. Daly <nick.m.daly at gmail.com>
> To: Jonathan Wilkes <jancsika at yahoo.com>; "freedombox-discuss at lists.alioth.debian.org" <freedombox-discuss at lists.alioth.debian.org>
> Cc: 
> Sent: Monday, October 22, 2012 10:00 PM
> Subject: Re: [Freedombox-discuss] virtualbox image
> 
> Jonathan Wilkes <jancsika at yahoo.com> writes:
> 
>>  I was suspicious about this direction, but I tried it anyway to confirm
>>  it would fail.  It did indeed.  My box has chosen a public address for 
> itself
>>  and obviously typing a public address in the host machine browser is
>>  going to take off to the internet to find that address.
>> 
>>  Was I supposed to change a network setting in virtualbox?  I followed the
>>  directions on the wiki.
> 
> Did you skip this step?
> 
>>>  1. Get your IP Address:
>>> 
>>>       [ log in as the root user, with password "freedom" ]
>>>       # ifconfig
>>> 
>>>     That'll tell you your box's IP address.  You'll need 
> that later.

Yes, I did that step and it showed a public IP address like
10.0.4.something...

> 
> If you've done so, I've forgotten what the default settings are in
> VirtualBox's configuration.  Try setting your VM's "Network" 
> settings
> like this:
> 
>     Adapter 1
> 
>     [X] Enable Network Adapter
>     
>         Attached to: Bridged Adapter
>         Name: (your ethernet interface)
> 
> If you're using Debian and connected by wireless, it's probably eth1, if
> you're wired, it's probably eth0.  Make sure to restart the VM after
> changing that setting.
> 
> If you're unsure which interface you're using, try running the following
> as root.  The ones that are "UP" are the ones that are currently 
> active:
> 
>     # ifconfig | egrep "(encap|UP)"

I think the default network settings different in Virtualbox are different.  I'll
make those changes and see what happens.

Thanks.

> 
> Nick
>