VirtualBoxImportFromGUI.md

Import the Mininet VM

• File -> Import Appliance
  • Appliance to Import (Select the .ovf file from the Mininet archive that you downloaded)
  • Modify number of CPUs as appropriate
  • Modify amount of memory as appropriate
  • Select Reinitialise MAC address of all network cards
  • Import

Setup performed from the Settings menu of the VM

Right click the VM -> Settings

• Attach the Host-Only Adapter to the VM Adapter 2

  • Network -> Adapter 2 (Ensure Promiscuous mode is set to "Allow all")

    

• Add a shared folder for convenient file transfer

  • VM Settings -> Storage

    

• Set up Optical drive with Guest Additions .iso

  • VM Settings -> Storage

    • Add an empty Optical Drive in Settings -> Storage

      

    • Choose disk

      

    • Select the Guest Additions .iso file from e.g.:

    "C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\VBoxGuestAdditions.iso"

NAT Network

The NAT Network Adapter mode is used by the VM to access the web and download files etc. Adapter 1 should already be configured for NAT. However the default network IP address assigned (typically 10.0.2.15) conflicts with the 10.0/16 IP address we have set up for the Host-Only network. To change the IP address used by NAT, use the following command supplying an alternative IP address range (no GUI equivalent of this command is available).

VBoxManage modifyvm "Mininet-VM" --natnet1 "10.10/16"

Notes:

• If running multiple VMs, this command needs to be applied to each VM that uses this Host-Only Adaptor.
• This setting is not displayed with the VBoxManage showvminfo Mininet-VM command but can be seen in the VM's .vbox configuration file. (E.g. C:\Users\<UserName>\VirtualBox VMs\Mininet-VM\Mininet-VM.vbox)