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Ubuntu 14.04 with internet connection sharing internet to Win XP vitualbox

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I've looked through the posted questions and there are a lot of topics about sharing guest's e.g. Win XP connection to Ubuntu host.

What I'm actually looking is if there is a way to share Ubuntu's (host) internet connection to guest's (Win XP), I use Xubuntu netbook with wi-fi to share internet to Ubuntu 14.04 Desktop through LAN cable, it works pretty well, but... I need to run this program which I wasn't able to run through Wine on Ubuntu, so I followed given advice and installed Virtualbox with Win XP on it... Now the problem is I do not have internet connection on that guest Win XP in Virtualbox, but I really need it.

SO the question is if there is a way to do this kind of thing and how can I establish internet connection from Ubuntu 14.04 host to Win XP guest in Virtualbox?

All help will be much appreciated. Sorry if I didn't see already existing forum topic, I tried to look it up, but didn't find the needed information.

Thank you

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answered 2 Years ago tionavocad · Accepted Answer

Yes, this should work out of the box. Shutdown the guest, and in the Virtualbox manager, add a virtual network card to it. Set the network type to "NAT". Start the guest again - the virtual computer should recognize the card and have network access on it. (You may need to install the Virtualbox additions in the guest.)