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VirtualBox: Network interface does not work in FreeBSD 7.0
Submitted by Bram Schoenmakers on 31 March, 2008 - 14:55.
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The network interface used by FreeBSD when running inside VirtualBox is usually pcn0 and worked fine up to FreeBSD 6.2 (using NAT). However, the card did not seem to be working that great in FreeBSD 7.0. No IP address was being assigned and I failed to manage how to obtain one nevertheless.

But fortunately I saw this topic on the VirtualBox forums. It suggests to change NICs by entering this command on the host system:

VBoxManage modifyvm VM_NAME -nictype1 Am79C970A

And that did the trick just fine. In case you wonder: the other NIC is called Am79C973.

FreeBSD7.1 crashes with activated nic

Submitted by huubs (not verified) on 3 February, 2009 - 18:13.

FreeBSD-7.0 works fine if you choose the correct nic when setting up the vm, BEFORE the actual installation.

I could NOT get FreeBSD-7.1 to work properly with an activated nic (crashing during boot).