Ok, here is when Linux loose me! NEver had to comand line anything on Windows so thanks for hinting me toward the solution. I've tried the command and got [root@desktop eclipse]# VBoxManage modifyvm "desktop.lan" --bridgeadapter1 eth0 VirtualBox Command Line Management Interface Version 2.2.4 (C) 2005-2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved. ERROR: Could not find a registered machine named 'desktop.lan' Details: code VBOX_E_OBJECT_NOT_FOUND (0x80bb0001), component VirtualBox, interface IVirtualBox, callee nsISupports Context: "FindMachine(Bstr(a->argv[0]), machine.asOutParam())" at line 853 of file VBoxManageModifyVM.cpp desktop.lan is what I get when I type hostname.... <div class="gmail_quote">2009/6/15 Giuseppe Fuggiano <<a href="mailto:giuseppe.fuggiano@gmail.com">giuseppe.fuggiano@gmail.com</a>> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="im">2009/6/15 Yoram Halberstam <<a href="mailto:yoram.halberstam@gmail.com">yoram.halberstam@gmail.com</a>>: </div><div class="im">> I've tried them all... > > it says something like this: > > eth0 device: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] 79c970 [PCnet32 LANCE] (rev 10) > eth0 Starting DHCP4 client . . . . . . . . . > eth0 DHCP4 continues in backround > waiting > waiting for mandatory devices: eth0 __NSC__ > 5 3 1 > eth0 device: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] 79c970 [PCnet32 LANCE] (rev 10) > eth0 DHCP4 client (dhcpcd) is running > eth0 . . . but is still waiting for data > waiting > eth0 interface could not be set up until now > failedSetting up service (localfs) network . . . . . . . . failed </div>If I understood your issue, you should not try to get an ip address within the guest machine until the host one is configured well. I suggest you to configure the host machine using a command like this: VBoxManage modifyvm "Name of your Machine" --bridgeadapter1 eth0 where eth0 is the host interface you are using. You also can manage the network configuration using the GUI shipped with the package. Let me point you to the official user manual instructions: <a href="http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/UserManual.html#networkingdetails" target="_blank">http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/UserManual.html#networkingdetails</a> -- <div><div></div><div class="h5">Giuseppe -- fedora-list mailing list <a href="mailto:fedora-list@redhat.com">fedora-list@redhat.com</a> To unsubscribe: <a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list" target="_blank">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list</a> Guidelines: <a href="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines" target="_blank">http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines</a> </div></div></blockquote></div> -- Yoram Halberstam Computer Services Provider MSN: <a href="mailto:netfever@hotmail.com">netfever@hotmail.com</a>