Opened 15 years ago
Last modified 8 years ago
#2993 closed defect
VPN Guest support PPTP etc — at Version 1
| Reported by: | hanasaki | Owned by: | |
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| Component: | network | Version: | VirtualBox 2.1.0 |
| Keywords: | vpn pptp gre | Cc: | |
| Guest type: | Linux | Host type: | Windows |
Description (last modified by )
Please support PPTP and other vpn's in the client. looking for options like
- host is not on vpn - guest (windows/linux) can open its own vpn to a server while on a NAT or Host interface networking (gets its own IP)
- host is on vpn - guest automatically uses the vpn the host is on -- this works in vmware
A big business driver for this is the case where I have developers that are remote and need to access the internal network from a "canned" "turnkey" development environment provide by an virtual machine image (windows and linux are in use - ie: would be the guest) generally on a windows host however linux hosts are possible.
I'm not really sure if this should be a defect or enhancement. In either case it is desirable and also shows up in:
- http://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/1830
- http://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/1756
- http://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/360
Note the manual - section 6 - says that the GRE will not work on a NAT interface... It also does not work on host interface networking (which would be a work around for now...) NAT is needed because there are times the remote folks are using a wireless PHONE card which will only provide a single IP via dhcp.
