VPN Issue

[Rick2013]

Hi guys! New to the forums here and looking forward to posting with you all. I'm having trouble connecting to my VPN through my VM. When I try to connect to the VPN it says "Verifying user name and password..." for about 15 seconds, then it says "port opened", then a few things flash by the screen too quickly to read and it goes back to "Verifying user name and password...". I can connect to the VPN just fine using the host. The VPN settings in both the guest and host are exactly the same and 100% windows default. I just downloaded VirtualBox and just installed the OS on the virtual HD yesterday and have not installed any programs except for guest additions (issue remains with or without that). Firewalls and AV are turned off on the host, if that matters much. I feel like it has something to do with the virtual NIC. I created a brand new VM and brand new virtual hard drive and installed a fresh copy of windows again but got the same issue. Any help would be appreciated!

Host
Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit
AMD Phenom II X6 1055T 2.78
8gb ram
Geforce 550 TI

Guest
Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit
AMD Phenom II X6 1055T 2.78
3gb ram
60gb hard drive

Thanks!

[noteirak]

What is the output of the following command on the host (replace VmName by the name of the VM) ran from the Virtualbox install directory :

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vboxmanage showvminfo "VmName" --details

[Rick2013]

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Name:            WorkOS
Groups:          /
Guest OS:        Windows 7 (64 bit)
UUID:            f583a94f-2b9d-49f9-80a2-2a6cd806895a
Config file:     C:\Users\SSB2\VirtualBox VMs\WorkOS\WorkOS.vbox
Snapshot folder: C:\Users\SSB2\VirtualBox VMs\WorkOS\Snapshots
Log folder:      C:\Users\SSB2\VirtualBox VMs\WorkOS\Logs
Hardware UUID:   f583a94f-2b9d-49f9-80a2-2a6cd806895a
Memory size:     3055MB
Page Fusion:     off
VRAM size:       16MB
CPU exec cap:    100%
HPET:            off
Chipset:         piix3
Firmware:        BIOS
Number of CPUs:  1
Synthetic Cpu:   off
CPUID overrides: None
Boot menu mode:  message and menu
Boot Device (1): Floppy
Boot Device (2): DVD
Boot Device (3): HardDisk
Boot Device (4): Not Assigned
ACPI:            on
IOAPIC:          on
PAE:             off
Time offset:     0ms
RTC:             local time
Hardw. virt.ext: on
Hardw. virt.ext exclusive: off
Nested Paging:   on
Large Pages:     on
VT-x VPID:       on
State:           powered off (since 2013-07-31T03:28:41.662000000)
Monitor count:   1
3D Acceleration: off
2D Video Acceleration: off
Teleporter Enabled: off
Teleporter Port: 0
Teleporter Address:
Teleporter Password:
Tracing Enabled: off
Allow Tracing to Access VM: off
Tracing Configuration:
Autostart Enabled: off
Autostart Delay: 0
Storage Controller Name (0):            IDE
Storage Controller Type (0):            PIIX4
Storage Controller Instance Number (0): 0
Storage Controller Max Port Count (0):  2
Storage Controller Port Count (0):      2
Storage Controller Bootable (0):        on
Storage Controller Name (1):            SATA
Storage Controller Type (1):            IntelAhci
Storage Controller Instance Number (1): 0
Storage Controller Max Port Count (1):  30
Storage Controller Port Count (1):      1
Storage Controller Bootable (1):        on
SATA (0, 0): C:\Users\SSB2\VirtualBox VMs\WorkOS\Snapshots\{c83025b9-f15b-4540-a
ae1-031f3c250bcb}.vdi (UUID: c83025b9-f15b-4540-aae1-031f3c250bcb)
NIC 1:           MAC: 0800277FC28F, Attachment: NAT, Cable connected: on, Trace:
 off (file: none), Type: 82540EM, Reported speed: 0 Mbps, Boot priority: 0, Prom
isc Policy: deny, Bandwidth group: none
NIC 1 Settings:  MTU: 0, Socket (send: 64, receive: 64), TCP Window (send:64, re
ceive: 64)
NIC 2:           disabled
NIC 3:           disabled
NIC 4:           disabled
NIC 5:           disabled
NIC 6:           disabled
NIC 7:           disabled
NIC 8:           disabled
Pointing Device: USB Tablet
Keyboard Device: PS/2 Keyboard
UART 1:          disabled
UART 2:          disabled
LPT 1:           disabled
LPT 2:           disabled
Audio:           enabled (Driver: DSOUND, Controller: HDA)
Clipboard Mode:  disabled
Drag'n'drop Mode:  disabled
VRDE:            disabled
USB:             enabled
EHCI:            disabled

USB Device Filters:

<none>

Available remote USB devices:

<none>

Currently Attached USB Devices:

<none>

Bandwidth groups:  <none>

Shared folders:  <none>

VRDE Connection:    not active
Clients so far:     0

Guest:

Configured memory balloon size:      0 MB

Snapshots:

   Name: Snapshot 1 (UUID: e74b8443-095f-446a-b527-ba18f855448b)
      Name: Snapshot 2 (UUID: 75d04ac8-7365-487f-99b0-8e3a43d59c07) *
      Description:
verifying user name and password..


C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox>^A

[noteirak]

Edited your post to add the code markup & avoid the wall of text effect.

You are using NAT, which is really good for "standard use" (web browsing basically) but not for VPN.
Try with Bridged mode on a cabled connection instead

[Rick2013]

Edited your post to add the code markup & avoid the wall of text effect.

You are using NAT, which is really good for "standard use" (web browsing basically) but not for VPN.
Try with Bridged mode on a cabled connection instead

That worked like a charm. You are awesome. Thanks noteirak!

[Komana]

You are using NAT, which is really good for "standard use" (web browsing basically) but not for VPN.
Try with Bridged mode on a cabled connection instead

I am happy i found this. Thank you so much.

Host :Mac Pro
Client: Windows 7

Works like a charm.