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Connect to Warpinator within a VirtualBox machine #43

Closed dazkgoodwin closed 4 years ago

dazkgoodwin commented 4 years ago

Hi all, I've seen a Warpinator demo online where the user tests it by connecting Warpinator on the host PC with it running within a VM on another copy of Linux Mint. I have LM Cinnamon installed on my laptop with LM xfce running with VirtualBox - the VM has no problems connecting to the internet and browsing local Windows Shares.

The 2 Warpinators however, just can't see each other - I'm using the default NAT with Network Adaptor #1 (Intel PRO/1000 MT Desktop).

Any ideas why there's a communication block please?

mtwebster commented 4 years ago

You probably need to switch the guest's network type to 'bridged' in the virtual machine settings. Warpinator can only connect to machines on the same subnet (and by default NAT has the guest on a different one).

You'll need to either reboot or turn networking off and back on if you change this with the guest running.

dazkgoodwin commented 4 years ago

Brilliant, thanks for the tip, it worked! :-)

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You probably need to switch the guest's network type to 'bridged' in the virtual machine settings. Warpinator can only connect to machines on the same subnet (and by default NAT has the guest on a different one).

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mtwebster commented 4 years ago

Welcome :)