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.
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!
You’re welcome!