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Remote Desktop to a Windows 8.1 guest
Posted: 26. Jan 2014, 04:31
by jborn
Hi all,
I'm trying to get Remote Desktop working from an Windows 8.1 guest running on OS X Mavericks on my Mac Pro. I have Display, Remote Display, Enable Server checked and on Server port 3389. Under network setting I have Adapter 1: Attached to: Bridged Adapter. From my google searches that is all I should have to do, but from the host I cannot ping the assigned IP address. From my Mac Book Pro I cannot connect to the assigned IP address.
What am I missing? Is there some OS X setting to allow this traffic to go through? Something on my router? Since I can't even ping from the host, I'm not sure where to begin.
Thank for any help!
Re: Remote Desktop to a Windows 8.1 guest
Posted: 26. Jan 2014, 11:00
by socratis
- In your Windows guest run in the Command Prompt "ipconfig" and post the output.
- In your OSX host run in the Terminal "ifconfig" and post the output.
- Check the firewall status on your guest. Pay attention to the Private/Public networks.
Re: Remote Desktop to a Windows 8.1 guest
Posted: 27. Jan 2014, 17:08
by jborn
After ruling everything else out I found out that you can download an application called "Microsoft Remote Desktop" that will connect to the Windows 8.1 guest OS from a separate computer running Mavericks. The "Remote Desktop Client Version 2.1.1" will not work.
Re: Remote Desktop to a Windows 8.1 guest
Posted: 7. Oct 2014, 15:47
by jborn
Well, I thought I had this figured out 6 months ago, but I plan to use this next week and retested this week. It did not work, so I'll post what I know.
Latest VirtualBox version 4.3.16 r95972
I still have a Windows 8.1 guest. Fully updated with all patches.
OS X 10.9.4 (this is a Hackingtosh also)
When I use Microsoft Remote Desktop Version 8.0.9 (Build 25073) I can connect from the Host, but not a separate computer on the same local network.
Guest ipconfig /all output:
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Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hoth
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : 10.157.236.38
10.157.236.22
PPP adapter Peachtree Geographics VPN:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : peachtree.local
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Peachtree Geographics VPN
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . :
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 10.2.3.50(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 0.0.0.0
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.2.3.21
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
Ethernet adapter Ethernet:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/1000 MT Desktop Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 08-00-27-F3-73-D8
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::6989:ed08:7b09:e34c%3(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.190(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 50855975
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-1A-73-7E-3F-08-00-27-F3-73-D8
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 8.8.8.8
192.168.1.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
Tunnel adapter isatap.{059F9902-7E7D-45C2-BDF6-209D9C225658}:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
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* 2:
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
Tunnel adapter isatap.peachtree.local:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : peachtree.local
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #2
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Host ifconfig -a output:
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lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 16384
options=3<RXCSUM,TXCSUM>
inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000
inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1
nd6 options=1<PERFORMNUD>
gif0: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1280
stf0: flags=0<> mtu 1280
en0: flags=8963<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,PROMISC,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
options=b<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_HWTAGGING>
ether 94:de:80:a0:e4:01
inet6 fe80::96de:80ff:fea0:e401%en0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x4
inet 192.168.1.141 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255
nd6 options=1<PERFORMNUD>
media: autoselect
status: active
Re: Remote Desktop to a Windows 8.1 guest
Posted: 25. Dec 2014, 00:23
by jborn
I recently retested this and it is finally working! I'm not sure if the fix was Windows 8.1 updates, VirtualBox updates, OS X updates, or numerous fiddling with various network settings.
I think the fix was turning my router into more of a switch, but once again that is a hunch.
Re: Remote Desktop to a Windows 8.1 guest
Posted: 25. Dec 2014, 12:11
by loukingjr
I would go with the "numerous fiddling with various network settings" choice. As near as I can tell, most networking problems are because of bad configurations.