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Old 07-15-2008   #7 (permalink)
Steve Jain


 
 

Re: VirtualPC and wireless network adapter

On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:47:37 +0100, "Gordon"
<gordonbparker@xxxxxx> wrote:
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>"Gordon" <gordonbparker@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> "Steve Jain" <noreply.-@-.essjae.com> wrote in message
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>>> You can still access the internet via your wireless card, you would
>>> select it from the Network settings for the VM.
>>
>> I've just seen that in Settings-Network there should be FOUR drop-down
>> options for each virtual network device, the fourth being "Network adapter
>> on physical computer". If I go to Settings-Networking, that option is not
>> there. I only have THREE options - not connected, local and shared.
>
>
>OK I fixed this by going to the properties of the network connection and
>checking the box against Virtual Network driver.
>Now when I fire up the VM I get this:
>
>The network adapter with address "00:00:00:00:00:00" of virtual machine
>"Windows XP" failed to initialize because the address is a null address.
>
>How do I fix this?
Try this:
http://blogs.msdn.com/virtual_pc_guy...17/354971.aspx

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