Just installed MINT 18.3 by using Oracle VistualBox. The problem I have is I can not connect to the internet. When I select the internet icon the window shows Wired, the network connection shows my WIFI but will not connect. How do I fix this?
lspci | grep -i network
VirtualBox by default enables one virtual network
card and selects the “Network Address Translation” (NAT) mode for it. This way the guest can
connect to the outside world using the host’s networking and the outside world can connect to
services on the guest which you choose to make visible outside of the virtual machine.
Network Address Translation (NAT) If all you want is to browse the Web, download files and
view e-mail inside the guest, then this default mode should be sufficient for you
Bridged networking This is for more advanced networking needs such as network simulations
and running servers in a guest. When enabled, VirtualBox connects to one of your installed
network cards and exchanges network packets directly, circumventing your host operating
system’s network stack.
Thanks for your response.Hi @New-bie and welcome to linux.org
I am neither expert in WiFi, nor in Virtualbox.
... well that sounds promising, doesn't it (not)
BUT, I can ask some relevant questions for others to use.
1. So you have used either a USB stick or DVD on your Windows, to install Linux on a pre-existing Virtual Box on Windows, is that so? If not, correct me.
2. If so, can you insert your Live Medium (USB or DVD), reboot and enter your BIOS to boot from that, and when you get it up, see if the WiFi connects or otherwise?
3. If you go into your Mint the way you usually do, can you launch a Terminal (Ctrl-Alt-t) and enter the following and report the output to us?
Code:lspci | grep -i network
... that vertical line between lspci and grep is actually two small vertical dashes, likely on a key with a \ below it, or thereabouts
This will give whomever helps some of the info they need to check your configuration.
Cheers
Chris Turner
wizardfromoz