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elmurato

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From: Germany

Registered: 2012-03-18

Posts: 4

Can't access ArchLinux AUR/BBS/WIKI from within VirtualBox

Hi there,

I'm havin a strange issue since a few weeks. I'm running ArchLinux as a guest in VirtualBox with Windows 7 as a host. It's my working computer in the office and here's the problem:

I can't access the ArchLinux AUR/BBS/WIKI sites from within my virtual macine. Therefore I can't use yaourt, which is a problem for me. If I try to open the sites in the browser I get a timeout. And if I try to wget aur.archlinux.org I get no output after it says "connected". Pinging works fine. And I have no problems at all with my Windows host machine. Could you help me finding the cause of the problem? Where should I look for an error message? I'm looking forward to your answers. Thanks in advance.

ewaller

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From: Pasadena, CA

Registered: 2009-07-13

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Re: Can't access ArchLinux AUR/BBS/WIKI from within VirtualBox

Are you using a NAT or Bridge configuration? 
If you are using a Bridge configuration, does your company IT infrastructure firewall unknown MAC addresses? 
If you are using NAT, have you tried turning off any software firewalls on your host?
On the windows host, what are the (I think Redmond calls them) Profiles of the networks?  I think these are called Public, Home, Office.  They have different levels of trust.
Can you browse any web servers behind your corporate firewall?
Can you browse a server on the Windows host?
What is the IP address of the VM?  What is the IP address of the host on the corporate network?

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elmurato

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From: Germany

Registered: 2012-03-18

Posts: 4

Re: Can't access ArchLinux AUR/BBS/WIKI from within VirtualBox

First of all thank you for your reply and excuse me for answering so late. The holidays came in between ;-) So here we go:

Are you using a NAT or Bridge configuration?

I'm using a NAT configuration.

If you are using NAT, have you tried turning off any software firewalls on your host?

I cant' due to missing admin rights.

On the windows host, what are the (I think Redmond calls them) Profiles of the networks?  I think these are called Public, Home, Office.  They have different levels of trust.

The real LAN connection is a "Domain network". The VirtualBox one is "Public network".

Can you browse any web servers behind your corporate firewall?

In my virtual machine any websites except AUR, BBS and the Arch wiki are accessable/browsable..

Can you browse a server on the Windows host?

On my Windows host all websites (including AUR, BBS and the Arch wiki) are accessable/browsable.

What is the IP address of the VM?  What is the IP address of the host on the corporate network?

VirtualBox: 10.0.2.15
Host: 129.247.231.183