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1<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
2<!DOCTYPE topic PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DITA Topic//EN" "topic.dtd">
3<topic xml:lang="en-us" id="vboxbowsolaris11">
4 <title>Installing the Alternate Bridged Networking Driver on Oracle Solaris 11
5 Hosts</title>
6
7 <body>
8 <p><ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> includes a network filter driver that utilizes Oracle
9 Solaris 11's Crossbow functionality. By default, this new driver is installed for Oracle Solaris 11 hosts that
10 have support for it. </p>
11 <p>To force installation of the older STREAMS based network filter driver, execute as root the following command
12 before installing the <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> package: </p>
13 <pre xml:space="preserve">$ touch /etc/vboxinst_vboxflt</pre>
14 <p>To force installation of the Crossbow based network filter driver, execute as root the following command before
15 installing the <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> package: </p>
16 <pre xml:space="preserve">$ touch /etc/vboxinst_vboxbow</pre>
17 <p>To check which driver is currently being used by <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/>, execute: </p>
18 <pre xml:space="preserve">$ modinfo | grep vbox</pre>
19 <p>If the output contains <i>vboxbow</i>, it indicates <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> is
20 using the Crossbow network filter driver, while the name <i>vboxflt</i> indicates usage of the older STREAMS
21 network filter. </p>
22 </body>
23
24</topic>
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