I am working on a project on my corportate laptop (has significant security measures and I do not yet have admin rights) where I have installed a Ubuntu 16.04.2 desktop in Virtual box. I cannot get internet connectivity in the VM. I have tried all network configurations available, and obviously started with the NAT option, which from my reading is the easiest to configure.
I came across these suggestion: ยท Internet Access in Ubuntu on VirtualBox
As the NAT setting did not work (as suggested by top rated answer in the link), I wanted to try the second answer. This suggests I go to the network property settings and allow other users to connect. However, I cannot try this out as I do not yet have admin rights on my corporate laptop (I have applied for it).
Any other suggestions on how I can get the internet connection in the VM working? I have tried all the possibilities in the network section of the virtual box manager.
Also, once I get admin rights I will likely try the second-voted method in the above link. Do you believe this is a valid/appropriate procedure?
Thank you