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Networking question: Win 7 remote desktop + VPN

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2600:

--- Quote from: ChadTower on December 03, 2009, 09:30:11 am ---
--- Quote from: 2600 on December 03, 2009, 08:38:11 am ---I have no experience with VirtualBox.

I know using a VPN inside a VM works and you do not need a separate NIC.
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VPN complicates things.  It reassigns IPs.  There could easily be some sort of resource conflict using the same MAC after the VPN is in place.  Maybe he just hasn't sorted out the configuration yet, as you suggest.



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Yeah, there are usually 3 different network configurations you can set the VM up with.

1. Bridged - Host and VM have different IPs and are basically 2 different PCs.  By default you should use this.
2. Only see the Host OS on the Network.
3. NAT or Share Host IP- This one is where they share the same IP and things can weird.  I avoid this one as much as possible.


I'd avoid putting in a separate NIC.  It's a bit of a PIA to tell the VM which NIC it is suppose to use and not always documented well by the VM Developers.

Cakemeister:

--- Quote from: 2600 on December 03, 2009, 09:44:25 am ---
Yeah, there are usually 3 different network configurations you can set the VM up with.

1. Bridged - Host and VM have different IPs and are basically 2 different PCs.  By default you should use this.
2. Only see the Host OS on the Network.
3. NAT or Share Host IP- This one is where they share the same IP and things can weird.  I avoid this one as much as possible.


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Ah-HA!!! That's what was missing. I changed the network connection form NAT to Bridged and the VPN started working.

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ChadTower:

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