On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 11:03 AM, Paul Smith <phhs80(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Whenever I start a virtual machine with VirtualBox, I
get the
>>>> following message on the network Fedora icon
>>>>
>>>> "requesting ethernet address for wired connection 1"
>>>>
>>>> Any ideas?
>>> How have you defined your network adapter in Vbox?
>>>
>>> NAT, Bridged, Host Only ????
>> Thanks, Ed. In VirtualBox, the network adapter is configured as NAT.
>
> If you change it to "bridged", does that make a difference?
Thanks, Ed. Indeed, the change to "bridged" fixed the problem!
It fixed the problem, yes, but only while no reboot took place; after
a reboot the problem returns.
It seems to be related with the following:
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=184999
Paul