Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Virtualbox on Debian Trixie, Date: 5 Mar 2026 03:10:29 GMT Lines: 24 Message-ID: References: <10nmp1b$n560$6@dont-email.me> <10o5l9v$1n9a7$1@dont-email.me> <10o6b1n$nfqk$1@news1.tnib.de> <10o6f79$1uql3$6@dont-email.me> <10o6uoc$pr27$1@news1.tnib.de> <10o72nu$26pa9$1@dont-email.me> <10o7f8r$2bk44$3@dont-email.me> <27mdnd3fOIJbRjr0nZ2dnZfqnPidnZ2d@giganews.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net PZQafERHlbCZyrP1plMhMwVdyvK1AoWDjFTsEZQAfmoPuT41Jm Cancel-Lock: sha1:hLCU6NUjLfjf8RWKMbCIo0tJ9QA= sha256:Sb8PtmRTHUxw24k2NiPAgJCVJzWzNwr7wF280Wb5IOw= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:82408 On 4 Mar 2026 19:47:30 GMT, rbowman wrote: > On Wed, 4 Mar 2026 02:14:10 -0500, c186282 wrote: > >> Somewhere KVM is *remembering* it ... and fills in old, WRONG, >> params. The VM won't even try to install properly, much less run >> (networking errors), >> so I can't test my idea for a wireless/subnet cheat. > > I think I'll play with the Panda dongle on the netbook and see what sort > of charlie foxtrot that causes. I've got a few Pico Ws and Pico2 Ws I > can throw into the mix. Configure one as an AP and bring my whole house > of cards down... fwiw, as I expected the wireless router saw a new MAC and assigned an IP to it, so the Mint laptop is 192.168.1.6 and 192.168.1.61. I don't know if '61' is relevant or the luck of the draw. For the hell of it I fired up Puppy Linux, a Trixie derivative, in the VM. Same behavior, a virtual NAT that lets it get out but isn't visible on the LAN outside of the host. Maybe there's a way but it isn't a priority for me.