Time for action – connecting/disconnecting your VM from the network
In this exercise, you'll see how easy it is to connect/disconnect your virtual machine from the network while it's running. I'm going to use the NAT mode, but you can also do this in any other networking mode.
Select your UbuntuVB machine on VirtualBox's main screen, and click on the Settings button to go to the UbuntuVB – Settings page.
Go to the Network category, and then select the NAT mode on the Attached to list box.
Click on OK to return to the VirtualBox main screen, start your UbuntuVB virtual machine, and login with your administrator account.
Once you're logged in, move your mouse over the network icon on your Ubuntu virtual machine's menu bar to verify that your network connection is active:
Now move your mouse over the network adapters icon located at the bottom-right corner of your UbuntuVB virtual machine's screen:
To disconnect your virtual machine's network cable, right-click on the network adapters icon, and select...
