Virtualbox fixing VRDE on 0.0.0.0 instead 127.0.0.1 Rumi, October 21, 2020 By default, Remote Display only works on localhost / 127.0.0.1 and cannot be accessed by ip address or hostname. Check VRDE / Remote Display IP Address You can check VRDE / Remote Display ip address using the following methods: Open command prompt and run netstat -an |find /i “listening” or netstat -an |find /i “[PORT_NUMBER]” and you shall notice it is listening on 127.0.0.1:PORT. TCP 127.0.0.1:5940 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING Open command prompt, cd C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox and run VBoxManage showvminfo "[VM_NAME]" | find /i "VRDE" and observe configuration of TCP/Address = “127.0.0.1” VRDE property : TCP/Ports = "5940" VRDE property : TCP/Address = "127.0.0.1" Open [VM_NAME].vbox file in a text editor and search for <VRDEProperties> <Property name="TCP/Address" value="127.0.0.1"/> <Property name="TCP/Ports" value="5940"/> </VRDEProperties> Modify VRDE / Remote Display IP Address To allow VirtualBox VRDE / Remote Display to listen on Local Network IP Address, you can either run VBoxManage modifyvm "[VM_NAME]" --vrdeaddress 0.0.0.0 or edit [VM_NAME].vbox file TCP/Address to 0.0.0.0 And start your VM with Normal Start or Headless Start. Related Virtualbox RDPVRDE
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I was not able to connect to virtual box from remote pc, I has a suspect that for some strange reason the rdp server from VirtualBox on MacOs guest was listening only on the internal address, 127.0.0.1. After reading your post I fixed my problem. I used the command VBoxManage modifyvm “[VM_NAME]” –vrdeaddress 0.0.0.0 I found your post from google, with keywords “virtualbox rdp server bind external network” Thank you! Reply