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Connect to the Internet with Android-x86 in VirtualBox

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Getting the Android-x86 emulator networked properly from within VirtualBox has proven to be more of a challenge than I'd anticipated. Fortunately, I've figured out exactly which steps need to be taken in order to successfully get Android-x86 to connect to the Internet from within VirtualBox...


  1. Make sure the computer that is running VirtualBox has a stable connection to the Internet.
  2. Open VirtualBox, but do not start Android-x86 yet.
  3. Select your Android-x86 virtual machine and click Settings.
  4. Select Networking and ensure Attached to: is set to NAT.
  5. Click Advanced and make sure your Adapter Type is set to PCnet-FAST III (Am79C973). Mine was set to Intel by default, and this is what kept me from getting connected for so long.
  6. Click OK.
  7. Start your Android-x86 emulator.
  8. Once booted up, hit Alt + F1 to open the Android console.
  9. Type ifconfig eth0 up and hit enter.
  10. Type dhcpcd -LK -d eth0 and hit enter.
  11. Type setprop net.dns1 [DNS IP] and hit enter. Replace [DNS IP] with the IP address of your DNS server. This is typically your router's IP address. So, for an average home Linksys router you would type setprop net.dns1 192.168.1.1 and hit enter.
  12. Press Alt + F7 to return to the Android emulator.
  13. Browse the Internet!
Obviously, an Android emulator isn't worth much if it can't connect to the Internet unless you're a developer. This process of tweaking the VirtualBox network settings got the Internet working for me on Android-x86, and hopefully it will work for you too.

9 comments
  1. Unknown September 15, 2012 at 12:33 AM  
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  3. Unknown September 15, 2012 at 1:15 AM  

    well this did work for browse the web but I still couldn't go into setting and then add an existing/new account (google account) is that something not at all possible in the vbox emulator?

  4. monika.conkova September 20, 2012 at 5:27 AM  

    I get the message that ipconfig doesn't exist... :=(

  5. Unknown September 20, 2012 at 5:33 AM  

    @Monika: I made the same mistake the first time around its not ipconfig but instead ifconfig
    :)

  6. Unknown October 24, 2013 at 1:48 PM  

    didn't work for me, seems there's an error

    dhcpcd[2449]: flock '/Data/misc/dhcp/dhcpcd-eth0.pid' : try again

  7. Unknown December 5, 2013 at 2:25 AM  

    is there any option to connect internet using proxy??

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