I have a VirtualBox installed on a Mac (asa OSX host) and there I have two FreeBSD machines, one as a bridge and the other simulates a workstation behind that bridge. The bridge from virtual FreeBSD is not working. Just out of curiosity I've configured the same layout and configurations on a real network and it works, so the problem is with VirtualBox.
Doing some tests it seems that a ping from the bridge to the workstation behind the bridge makes the workstation answer with an arp reply but I see no traffic back to the bridge. I could give you more details about my configurations but it's standard, as in FreeBSD's handbook.
This question is more of: is it reliable to simulate a layer2/3 network on VirtualBox with full functionality? Is there any catch to configuring VirtualBox other than from GUI? I want to know if somebody else here had the same problem as me, and what you did to solve it.
Doing some tests it seems that a ping from the bridge to the workstation behind the bridge makes the workstation answer with an arp reply but I see no traffic back to the bridge. I could give you more details about my configurations but it's standard, as in FreeBSD's handbook.
This question is more of: is it reliable to simulate a layer2/3 network on VirtualBox with full functionality? Is there any catch to configuring VirtualBox other than from GUI? I want to know if somebody else here had the same problem as me, and what you did to solve it.
