VirtualBox: Setting an internet access for a Vista VM

Last update on November 5, 2009 10:41 AM by jak58
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VirtualBox: Setting an internet access for a Vista VM







To use the Internet with Vista via VirtualBox under Ubuntu Gutsy (7.10), for example:
  • Vista natively has no internet connection in VirtualBox (unlike XP) as Ethernet controller is absent.
  • For this connection, it is necessary to install an AMD driver:
      • The NDIS5
  • The first of the list on this page

  • After installing the client Additions, refer to this tip :


You just have to burn the driver (on a CD or DVD) and install it: Vista will have an Internet connection.
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