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Access VPN connection on the guest virtual PC from the main operating system

I start my host system - Win 7 x64 and start an instance of Virtual PC XP. I run the Cisco ISPec VPN client on the guest XP VPC OS and can successfully connect to my company’s corporate network.

I cannot start the Cisco IPSec sw client on the host because it is 64-bit, Cisco does not support the 64-bit version of its IPSec client products, and at the moment I do not have much choice in terms of switching to the Cisco SSL VPN client (AnyConnect )

The guest OS XP VPC does not use a NAT network adapter, but a physical device adapter.

I can run Ping Host from the guest OS and vice versa when the Cisco Client does not work in the XP VPC guest OS.

A couple of problems:

  • When the Cisco client works and connects, the guest OS no longer sees the host.

  • I would like to have access to the VPN from the host when an XP VPC guest connects to the VPN.

For # 2, I tried at least one method described: xenomorph.net/use-cisco-vpn-under-vista-x64/

This method includes ICS in the Cisco pseudo-network adapter.

I could not get this to work. I may have followed the instructions incorrectly.

I also looked: http://www.pringle.net.nz/blog/PermaLink,guid,12ee0de7-f998-4084-8b06-537b3dbd5d9a.aspx

... which involves using the Loopback adapter and switching between the host and the guest OS. I did not follow this because the instructions are not entirely clear.

Finally, I saw links on the net regarding the x64 build for OpenVPN, but I hesitate to go in that direction.

Can someone direct me in the right direction as to what to do?

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Here's what worked for me using the Windows host and Ubuntu VM. (The instructions below are for the VMWare player).

In short:

  • Connect to the VPN on the host.
  • Connect the host vpn adapter to the corresponding VM network adapter a. It was VMnet0 in my case. b. I recommend using vmnetcfg.exe for this. It comes with a VMWare workstation, but it's a bit of a manual process to manually extract it. 1. Find the steps for this on the SO or SU website.
  • Configure a guest virtual machine to share (NAT) host IP addresses

For detailed instructions for steps 1 and 3, see: https://superuser.com/questions/842489/vm-share-hosts-vpn-connection/842594

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actually cisco has a cisco vpn client for Windows 7 64 bit, you can find it on 4shared.com, but still cisco does not have a client for Windows 8

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