Help Setting Up VBox With Windows Xp(can not connect to internet)

im new with VirtualBox , i got VirtualBox running in my laptop with windows 7 and is connected to my wifi router ..

and yes the internet of my pc is working.

now i already installed windows Xp in Virtualbox but my problem is that windows xp is not connecting to the internet

since i have wireless internet and not Cable internet i dont know the right settings on how to set this up to make it work.

any help will be appreciated

Hi Rbryan, welcome to the Seven Forums

Select Bridged or NAT. Both allow you to connect virtual machine to Internet, Bridged is better for networking and sharing between virtual machine and the rest of your network (host and other computers in network).



Select your host computer's WiFi adapter (Atheros in your case) from drop down list.



Click Advanced, choose one of the two PCnet adapters.



Should work now.

Kari

P.S. Please couldn't you just be happy with default Seven Forums font color? That yellow or orange or whatever is really annoying, in fact so much so that I was tempted not to answer only because of that.

First, that font thing was mostly a joke (with a bit truth in it) :)

OK, back to the topic. I can see from your second screenshot that you have not installed VirtualBox Guest Additions. It's essential to install them, so please do it now.

Here's how, in case you are not familiar with Guest Additions:

• Open Devices menu in virtual machine's menu bar. Select Install Guest Additions:
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• Click Next in following two windows:
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• Click Install:
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• When XP warns you about not known device driver (two or three times during installation), click Continue Anyway:
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• Click Finish to end installation and reboot XP:
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• After reboot, you'll see a small Guest Additions symbol in XP's notification area, to indicate that Guest Additions are installed:
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Test the Internet connection now, it should work. If not, come back and we'll try something else.

Kari

That's nice to hear.

cbjornc said:

... as Kari has provided in her previous posts. ...

His, not her! Really. Back home in Finland Kari is traditional and old male name :)

Check that you have correctly selected your host machine's network adapter, the one you use to connect to the network:



Try changing the adapter type. If all settings are correct you should be able to connect.

Kari