so you downloaded this linux debian based distro installed it in a VM(let's say oracleVM) set everything up you try to connect to it from your own computer (for example you try to ssh to the ip address) but you can't connect to it, you start troubleshooting and then you start giving up and just google it.

to do that you'll need two things access to your actual modem and the VM settings and follw the instructions below:

open your VMright click your ubuntu distrochoose settingsand then choose networkenable you your network adapter if it's not enabled by defaultin the "Attached to" options menu choose "Bridge adapter we are not done yet, boot to your ubuntu and login and type "ifconfig"

you'll see your ip similar to your modems ip a bit let's say my modem's ip is '192.168.1.1' and the ubuntu server running the VM is '192.168.1.41'.

Now we need to reserve the ip address so that it never changes except in one condition cha…