How to force Vbox to use given proxy for internet access?

[Kein]

Setup:
1. Windows Host
2. Windows (or Linux, irrelevant) guest
3. SSH tunneling/proxy via Putty on 127.0.0.1

Need:
Force vbox to use given proxy so all the network connections initiated from guest OS will make Vbox to use proxy for that. I tried to use proxy option in the general settings but Vbox ignores it.

Any ideas?

[Kein]

I assume it is not an easy task then as to just specify proxy address?

[BillG]

VirtualBox is a program. It does not use a proxy for anything.

I presume that you are talking about your virtual machines. What proxy they use will depend on how you configure the networking for them.

[Kein]

VirtualBox is a program. It does not use a proxy for anything.

I presume that you are talking about your virtual machines. What proxy they use will depend on how you configure the networking for them.

Vbox is a program, yes, it emulates guest system. But when virtual system requests network access (let's say I go to google.com in the browser) it is VirtualBox.exe that process the request and it does so ignoring the proxy settings (direct network connection).

But what I need is for Virtual Box to use existing proxy so all the data will go through it.

[loukingjr]

Actually VirtualBox doesn't emulate guest systems. If it did, you wouldn't have to install an OS.
As BillG just said…

I presume that you are talking about your virtual machines. What proxy they use will depend on how you configure the networking for them.

[Kein]

Actually VirtualBox doesn't emulate guest systems. If it did, you wouldn't have to install an OS.
As BillG just said…

I presume that you are talking about your virtual machines. What proxy they use will depend on how you configure the networking for them.

Okay, what kind of network configuration would work for my case?

[BillG]

Hard to say. You have given us very limited info on how this is set up.

How does the host connect to the network? If it is on a local network I would use bridged mode. You could then configure the guest the same way as you would configure any other machine on the LAN. If the host uses a dialup connection it would be trickier.

What have you tried already? Anything apart from the default setting (NAT)?

[Kein]

Hard to say. You have given us very limited info on how this is set up.

How does the host connect to the network? If it is on a local network I would use bridged mode. You could then configure the guest the same way as you would configure any other machine on the LAN. If the host uses a dialup connection it would be trickier.

What have you tried already? Anything apart from the default setting (NAT)?

Internet access realized through Ethernet (MAC-bound).

[mpack]

Internet access realized through Ethernet (MAC-bound).

That's hardly a clarification. That statement is true of all networking modes.

[Kein]

Internet access realized through Ethernet (MAC-bound).

That's hardly a clarification. That statement is true of all networking modes.

ISP basically provides NAT with port-forwarding through ethernet.