Remotly Connecting to guest
Posted: 17. Apr 2009, 04:30
I am new to the forum and somewhat new to VirtualBox.
I have VirtualBox 2.2.0 running on a Win XP Pro host which is acting as a home server. The guest OS is Ubuntu 9.04.
I am trying to remotely connect to the guest (i.e. Ubuntu) from another win machine within the network. I was able to do do that by enabling VirtualBox's VRDP server, changing the default port and forwarding that port on my router and using Windows' RDC. This worked fine, _but_ the guest has to be already running in the host in order for me to be able to connect. So what I would like to know is if there is a way to avoid this. In the manual I came across a VBoxHeadless installation which seems to address this issue, but I really don't understand if this is the solution
Thanks for any help/suggestion
Mmmmhhh... maybe this topic is what I need:
http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=4762
I have VirtualBox 2.2.0 running on a Win XP Pro host which is acting as a home server. The guest OS is Ubuntu 9.04.
I am trying to remotely connect to the guest (i.e. Ubuntu) from another win machine within the network. I was able to do do that by enabling VirtualBox's VRDP server, changing the default port and forwarding that port on my router and using Windows' RDC. This worked fine, _but_ the guest has to be already running in the host in order for me to be able to connect. So what I would like to know is if there is a way to avoid this. In the manual I came across a VBoxHeadless installation which seems to address this issue, but I really don't understand if this is the solution
Thanks for any help/suggestion
Mmmmhhh... maybe this topic is what I need:
http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=4762