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How do I remotely connect to a windows XP virtual machine

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I'm running Windows XP on a virtual machine (Orace VirtualBox 4.0.8) on a home server and I want to be able to connect to it from outside the network. I have the domain thanks to dyndns.com which points to the computer and the router is port-forwarded to the server computer. But am I supposed to forward to the server or the virtual machine's IP? Now when I try to connect I get an error: failed to connect.

And how does these authentication methods work: null, external, guest?

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answered 3 Years ago rillrage · Accepted Answer

To connect to the services, you'll have to have a address on the local area network and not on a private "bridged" interface for the virtual machine.

Open Virtual Box

shutdown the Windows virtual machine if it's running

right-click on the virtual machine and select settings

Select Network and for Attached to: select Bridged Adaptor

Your virtual host should now have an address from the main network. Forward the ports to this address. And probably configure an appropriate static address in Windows.