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Tricky situation
Posted: 16. May 2016, 03:03
by Director
Hi,This is my first post in VirtualBox forums,I have a problem and I really need your help.Is it possible to share Guest (windows-7 x64 ) internet connection over a VPN with host (windows 10 x64) ?
And if it's possible can you tell me how to do it exactly because I've searched hours and hours and I could never figure a solution for it.It's kinda tricky because It's sharing vpn connection from guest to host not the other way around using NAT or bridged connection etc.
Thanks in advance.
Re: Tricky situation
Posted: 16. May 2016, 10:17
by mpack
BillG (our main networking guy) will no doubt be along in due course, but I believe his answer may be that VPN is not designed be shared. The whole point is to provide a secure pipeline between a single user and (typically) a business server, without anyone nosey-parkering in (Bill may not use these exact technical terms).
Re: Tricky situation
Posted: 16. May 2016, 11:51
by Director
mpack wrote:BillG (our main networking guy) will no doubt be along in due course, but I believe his answer may be that VPN is not designed be shared. The whole point is to provide a secure pipeline between a single user and (typically) a business server, without anyone nosey-parkering in (Bill may not use these exact technical terms).
I just wanna pass the connection from the guest to the host,I believe it may be possible since It can be done to pass connection from the host to the guest...By using the NAT option or Bridged option...
Re: Tricky situation
Posted: 16. May 2016, 14:42
by scottgus1
I believe it may be possible since It can be done to pass connection from the host to the guest
Not necessarily true. Example: You have a book by a certain author. The author is communicating with you. You cannot, though, automatically communicate with the author, unless you use a different method besides the book.
The network systems in Virtualbox were written to get the traffic into the guest, or put the guest on the same network level as the host. They may not necessarily be able to pass certain traffic from the guest to the host, unless as-yet-undone modifications to the program are made.
In my reading of the forums, VPNs are a hard beast to manage in a different way than the VPN designer intended. BillG's answer will be definitive if he makes it over here.