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Date:      Wed, 8 May 2013 09:32:14 -0700
From:      "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org>
To:        Nicolas de Bari Embriz Garcia Rojas <nbari@inbox.im>
Cc:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org, freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: VirtualBox + FreeBSD 9-STABLE == Frozen Ethernet
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Do you happen to know of a HowTO for doing this? =20

figure there are a few extra steps then simply:

ifconfig tapX plumb
--bridgeadapter tapX

Thx ..



On 2013-05-08, at 03:09 , Nicolas de Bari Embriz Garcia Rojas =
<nbari@inbox.im> wrote:

> When using bridge mode, use tap interfaces otherwise you will get
> problems when using more than one VM.
>=20
> regards
>=20
> On 05/08/2013 03:49, Marc G. Fournier wrote:
>> On 2013-05-06 2:49 PM, Norbert Beckmann wrote:
>>> To Marc G. Fournier
>>>=20
>>> I do not think it's an issue with VirtualBox. I am running =
VirtualBox
>>> under Solaris. And I never had problems with it.
>>> Guests: ubuntu, Windows 7, Linux Mint, FreeBSD, Chrome OS.
>>> But the people of VirtualBox themselves state that Windows is =
somewhat
>>> delicate (don't remember whether they meant as guest or as host, I
>>> think both).
>>> Which would be comprehensible, because Windows has never become a =
real
>>> multi user / multi process system as Unix was by birth (nearly).
>>> I can neither help concerning the freezing Ethernet nor did I =
encounter
>>> similar things (as far as I remember).
>> My first thought is that its something in the vboxnet kernel module
>> when using a bridge ... I think the problem has been getting
>> progressively worse, with each upgrade, but since I upgrade both vBox
>> and the kernel in tandem, I'm currently working on going 'back in
>> time' with the code, see if I can find some 'stable point' ...
>>=20
>> If anyone with more knowledge can suggest any commands I can run to
>> provide debug info, or such ... ?  I don't mind debugging, just dont'
>> know what to provide that is useful ...
>>=20
>>=20
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>=20




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