VirtualBox + FreeBSD 9-STABLE == Frozen Ethernet

[Nicolas de Bari Embriz Garcia Rojas]

When using bridge mode, use tap interfaces otherwise you will get
problems when using more than one VM.

regards

On 05/08/2013 03:49, Marc G. Fournier wrote:
> On 2013-05-06 2:49 PM, Norbert Beckmann wrote:
>> To Marc G. Fournier
>>
>> 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' ...
>
> 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 ...
>
>
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