Virtualbox XP Dedicated NIC

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danaeckel

Hello BSD users,
I have a question that I wasn't sure where to place it. I looked around on the net, and couldn't find what key words to enter to find the results I am looking for.
Ok, I have purchased a program called Playon which at this moment only runs on Windows, so now I have to keep that machine running as well. For those who don't know Playon is a DLNA service that connects to the internet for TV shows. So my PS3 can watch CBS.com, Hulu standard, etc...
Anyways I would like to remove this software and place it on a Virtualbox running XP, and I was thinking of assigning a dedicated network card to virtualbox. I am wondering what the best way to rout the internet to the virtual XP. Right now on my server I already have one Nic assigned to the internet, and another nic that faces the network.

Thanks for any guidance you may offer.

Dana
 
Are you low on bandwidth between the VM host and the server? Setting a VM guest to use the host's card in bridged mode is about as real as it gets. Adding another card should work, but may not be worthwhile.
 
Well, I'm not for sure if I am reading this right or not, but I will answer best I can.
The host is on the server itself. The server serves at DHCP/DNS/Files and other stuff, now I'm planning to run virtualbox as a service, and I read how much a VM can use up a network card, I thought it would be best to give it a dedicated NIC so it wouldn't slow down the rest of the network.
 
I can't tell whether "use up" means bandwidth or maybe contention between a VM and the host. The practical approach is to try bridged mode with the existing card and see if there is a problem. Please give a link or describe the concern in more detail.
 
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