Better PPTP VPN support
Posted: 22. Feb 2008, 19:29
Hi...
I use VM's to isolate environments for customers I do development for. In the WinXP VM's I would like to use the PPTP VPN connectivity, as I can with a WinXP host system and as I can with MS Virtual PC VM's.
It seems that this facility does not work properly in a WinXP VM within VirtualBox. Snooping around the forums, one person mentioned that this same type of condition occurred when VMWare Workstation was first out. (Something to do with not properly handling GRE packets) Hopefully you will extend VirtualBox to better support PPTP connections across all guest OS's.
I will reiterate however, that this is an outstanding product. Thank you for what you've built.
I use VM's to isolate environments for customers I do development for. In the WinXP VM's I would like to use the PPTP VPN connectivity, as I can with a WinXP host system and as I can with MS Virtual PC VM's.
It seems that this facility does not work properly in a WinXP VM within VirtualBox. Snooping around the forums, one person mentioned that this same type of condition occurred when VMWare Workstation was first out. (Something to do with not properly handling GRE packets) Hopefully you will extend VirtualBox to better support PPTP connections across all guest OS's.
I will reiterate however, that this is an outstanding product. Thank you for what you've built.