How to share internet connection on Mac os x to Virtualbox vm’s using Host-only
- by redben
In one line : is the following possible : Airport <- "osx bridge" - vbox-Host-only - vm's
Virtualbox (3.1.4) setup :
Host : Mac OS X 10.5
Guest : Ubuntu Linux
adapter1 - Bridged (en1: Airport) : To give the vm access to internet and communicate when Airport is connected
adapter2 - Host-Only (vboxnet0) : To enable host/guest communication when Airport is not connected
I'd like to make it simpler and only keep adapter 2 (host-only) and relying on os x connection sharing/bridging
I thought i could just keep the Host only configuration, and on the host go to internet sharing and select "share from airport" to vboxnet0 . Only to find out that vbox's virtual interface doesn't appear in the interfaces list on os x preferences.
I know that on a linux host you could install something called bridge-utils and use that to bridge the two insterfaces. Is there any thing like that for Mac ?