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MarkWyler
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Remote Access to Guest VM

Post by MarkWyler »

I'm new to VirtualBox and only somewhat familiar with VMs in general.

I have a VM Guest that I'm unable to RDP to.

Host: Dell XPS 8700 running Win 7 Pro 64bit with VirtualBox 5.1.26.
Guest: Win 10 Education 64bit. Network is bridged to host NIC with promiscuous = all. Remote display is off.
Guest has proper DHCP supplied IP which is unique from Host IP. I can ping to Host IP from Guest and vice versa. I can also ping to a device on the enterprise LAN from the Guest and access internet (i.e. Google). I can not ping to the Guest IP or establish RDP.

Clearly I'm missing something. Can anyone point me in a possible direction, please?

Thank you.
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Re: Remote Access to Guest VM

Post by socratis »

MarkWyler wrote:I can ping to Host IP from Guest and vice versa.
MarkWyler wrote:I can not ping to the Guest IP
So, which one is it, you can or you cannot ping the Guest?
And I assume you want to use the Guest's own RDP server and not the one from VirtualBox, right?
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Re: Remote Access to Guest VM

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I'm able to ping to the Guest IP Address from the Host but I am unable to ping to it from another device on the same enterprise LAN subnet.

So the host can ping to the guest and to another device on the subnet. The guest can ping to the host and another device on the subnet. The other device on the subnet can ping to the host but NOT to the guest.

I hope that clarifies. Thank you for responding.
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Re: Remote Access to Guest VM

Post by socratis »

Please post the complete IP configurations for your host, your guest and your other device. For your host/guest, since they're both Windows, that would be the output of the command "ipconfig /all" in a Command Prompt. I don't know what your other device is, but if it's Windows, that would be the same process. Bonus if you paste it as text and not as a pic. ;)

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Re: Remote Access to Guest VM

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Host Computer (Dell XPS 8700 running Windows 7 Pro 64-bit):

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Windows IP Configuration

   Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : TECHSERVICETEST
   Primary Dns Suffix  . . . . . . . : varitronics.local
   Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
   IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
   WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
   DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : varitronics.local

Ethernet adapter Bluetooth Network Connection:

   Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . : 
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Bluetooth Device (Personal Area Network)
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : C4-D9-87-66-CA-DC
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . : varitronics.local
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : F8-B1-56-D7-A2-EE
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
   Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::7d52:efe4:6148:9bde%11(Preferred) 
   IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 10.10.0.221(Preferred) 
   Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
   Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, September 12, 2017 9:54:48 AM
   Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, September 20, 2017 9:54:45 AM
   Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.10.0.1
   DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.10.0.10
   DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 251179350
   DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-1A-AF-AB-97-F8-B1-56-D7-A2-EE
   DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.10.0.10
                                       208.67.222.222
                                       208.67.220.220
   NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Ethernet adapter VirtualBox Host-Only Network:

   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . : 
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VirtualBox Host-Only Ethernet Adapter
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 0A-00-27-00-00-12
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
   Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::a8a9:333f:2a66:9bbd%18(Preferred) 
   IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.56.1(Preferred) 
   Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
   Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 
   DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 688390183
   DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-1A-AF-AB-97-F8-B1-56-D7-A2-EE
   DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
                                       fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
                                       fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
   NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Tunnel adapter isatap.varitronics.local:

   Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . : varitronics.local
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 12:

   Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . : 
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft 6to4 Adapter
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter isatap.{27CC2E88-FE2F-48A4-BB08-7684DBC4C645}:

   Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . : 
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #2
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter isatap.{3EE24790-6E29-4284-B344-CA0E8854C611}:

   Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . : 
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #5
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:

   Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . : 
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Guest VM (Windows 10 Edu 64-bit):

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Windows IP Configuration

   Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : DESKTOP-H9GDGL3
   Primary Dns Suffix  . . . . . . . : 
   Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
   IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
   WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
   DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : varitronics.local

Ethernet adapter Ethernet:

   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . : varitronics.local
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/1000 MT Desktop Adapter
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 08-00-27-06-3F-0B
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
   Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::b132:5ec0:6199:231f%5(Preferred) 
   IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 10.10.0.114(Preferred) 
   Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
   Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, September 12, 2017 12:05:31 PM
   Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, September 20, 2017 12:06:22 PM
   Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.10.0.1
   DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.10.0.10
   DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 50855975
   DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-1D-6E-B9-29-08-00-27-06-3F-0B
   DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.10.0.10
                                       208.67.222.222
                                       208.67.220.220
   NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
LAN Device (Personal Workstation):

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Windows IP Configuration

   Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : 2P3VF32-PC
   Primary Dns Suffix  . . . . . . . : varitronics.local
   Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
   IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
   WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
   DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : varitronics.local

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . : varitronics.local
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : B0-83-FE-97-E7-72
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
   Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::dcc7:2300:cf2c:7147%11(Preferred) 
   IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 10.10.0.191(Preferred) 
   Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
   Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Monday, September 11, 2017 7:03:29 PM
   Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, September 20, 2017 7:34:24 AM
   Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.10.0.1
   DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.10.0.10
   DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 246449150
   DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-1C-6E-33-15-B0-83-FE-97-E7-72
   DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.10.0.10
                                       208.67.222.222
                                       208.67.220.220
   NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Tunnel adapter isatap.varitronics.local:

   Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . : varitronics.local
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 11:

   Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . : 
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft 6to4 Adapter
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
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MarkWyler
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Re: Remote Access to Guest VM

Post by MarkWyler »

As far as RDP server... I'm neutral on that. But I'm guessing that I need to address the ping issue first. If I can't see the VM I'm never going to be able to RDP to it... right?
socratis
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Re: Remote Access to Guest VM

Post by socratis »

I haven't looked yet at your IP configuration (will do), but no, you do not need a networked client to RDP to it. Your client could have no network at all in fact. What you do is you enable Remote Display for the VM, and then you RDP to the host. All set ;)
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Re: Remote Access to Guest VM

Post by MarkWyler »

Resolved: Two things going on here. The issue with pinging appears to be related to my personal workstation. I went to a different workstation on the subnet to test and was able to ping successfully. Should have thought of that earlier.

The Guest VM that I couldn't Remote into had firewalls turned on. They're off and remoting now works as expected. Should have thought of that as well.

Thank you for your responsiveness.
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