Solved Unable to access internet from FreeBSD running as guest on virtualbox

alwindoss

alwindoss

I am a new user of FreeBSD and I managed to install it on virtualbox as a guest after failing to install it directly on my laptop. I will do that after I gain confidence in FreeBSD on virtualbox.

However after installation I am unable to access internet from the Guest FreeBSD. I have looked through forums and none of the solutions listed there are working.

I am determined to learn and use FreeBSD, if someone could walk me through getting out of this problem it will help me.

I didn't know what is the basic information that needs to be posted for a network related issue so haven't posted any. Please let me know if I have to post specific details.
 
Check the network settings in Virtualbox. The easiest to use is NAT or bridged.
 
SirDice said:
Check the network settings in Virtualbox. The easiest to use is NAT or bridged.
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I tried both NAT and Bridged without success. Do I have to set any specific configuration.

One other detail is during installation after configuring the networks as a final step in the process it asked me if I want to download the handbook. Just to check if internet is accessible I tried that option of downloading and it was successful. Not sure what happened when I booted into the OS.
 
Ok, that probably means the settings in Virtualbox are good. What does ifconfig(8) show? Does any other interface besides lo0 show up?
 
It's not easy to be specific because the required configuration varies so much.

What network options did you choose during install?
 
SirDice said:
Ok, that probably means the settings in Virtualbox are good. What does ifconfig(8) show? Does any other interface besides lo0 show up?
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No I only see lo0, here is the screenshot of the same
Screenshot from 2020-07-02 15-02-46.png
 
Paul Floyd said:
It's not easy to be specific because the required configuration varies so much.

What network options did you choose during install?
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The only thing I chose is the DHCP configuration, I don't seem to recall the specifics, is there anyway I can retrieve this information from a file in the system?
 
and his em0 looks suspiciously like a Bridge and not the standard NAT.
For reasons unknown, for me, FreeBSD in VBox as guest only works with NAT
 
My apologies trying to follow different solutions on the forums I had made multiple changes. As part of that I had done the following changes:
  1. Edited /etc/rc.conf
  2. Added different entries trying to experiment
  3. Changed to different adapter in the virtualbox

However, when I removed all the duplicate entries in the /etc/rc.conf and only left the one with em0 and switched the virtualbox adapter to bridged, I was able to access the internet
 
Zvoni said:
For reasons unknown, for me, FreeBSD in VBox as guest only works with NAT
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You have missed this VirtualBox documentation:

Chapter 6. Virtual Networking

www.virtualbox.org

The network configuration is done accordingly, ie:

If the host is connected by cable to the network router -> (VBox network configuration) en0: Ethernet, when wifi -> en1: Wi-Fi (en0, en1 - hosts physical network interfaces may differ on your system).

(guests) /etc/rc.conf:
Rich (BB code): 
ifconfig_em0="DHCP"
defaultrouter="ip of the (physical) router in the network"
 
You do not need to set defaultrouter if you use DHCP. You should get this setting from DHCP.
 
The default router should be set by dhclient(8) if DHCP is enabled on that interface?
I set a metric with ifconfig(8) (ifconfig_xxx="defaultif metric 1" in rc.conf(5)), so depending on wether I plug in em(4) or have WLAN, or use PPP's tun0 with my WWAN modem, the default route is set accordingly.
EDIT: SirDice, you're always 15 seconds too fast!
2nd EDIT: alwindoss: pkg install {en,bn}-freebsd-doc then the docs are under /usr/local/share/doc/freebsd to be viewn with any browser.
 
mjollnir said:
I set a metric with ifconfig(8) (ifconfig_xxx="defaultif metric 1" in rc.conf(5)), so depending on wether I plug in em(4) or have WLAN, or use PPP's tun0 with my WWAN modem, the default route is set accordingly.
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The metric is ignored. It's only useful with dynamic routing protocols like OSPF or BGP. Your default route is set by the last DHCP response you got.
 
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