Re: [VBox-users] network simulation

[erstazi <er...@gm...>]

On 12/26/2010 04:34 PM, Rance Hall wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 9:02 PM, Rance Hall <ra...@gm...> wrote:
>
> I'm replying to my own message to summarize the replies I've received
> and ask some follow up questions.
>
> I'm running VBox 4.0 on a Win 7 64 bit host with 4 GB ram and a Dual
> Core AMD 2.2 Ghz processor.
>
> I can only run about 4 VM's at a time due to the memory restriction as
> it really bogs down the host system if the VMs are GUI based -- I can
> do better for CLI based guests.
>
> Looks like the basic consensus is to run a Guest OS and manipulate
> that to create the faults I want to simulate.
>
> VDE looks to have all the basic tools I need to simulate the network,
> but I have a problem understanding how to use it to simulate what I
> want. (learning curve and all)
>
> Several of you wanted to know what kind of faults I wanted to
> simulate.  VDE can simulate cable failures and all sorts of other
> network related issues so its about 90% of what I wanted to
> accomplish.
>
> About the only faults I can not simulate (to my knowledge) with VDE is
> something that a Network Intrusion Detection/Prevention System would
> trigger on or a virus infection.
>
> Here is my basic first questions:
>
> VDE2 was available as a package to install for my UBUNTU guest OS, but
> I don't understand yet how to make other VM's connect to the virtual
> network created by VDE in UBUNTU.
>
I would suggest to read:
http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?p=33814&sid=c7bcedb2c62c0445532dc786f2fa106e
<http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?p=33814&sid=c7bcedb2c62c0445532dc786f2fa106e>



> Its not recommended to run nested vm tools so I don't think running
> QEMU on my UBUNTU guest is a great idea.
>
> Am I wrong here? or is there a better way to do what I want?
>
> I don't see how to connect a VBox guest to the virtual network created
> by VDE especially since you cant run VDE on Windows.
>
>
> Rance
>