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alvinoo
Contributor
Contributor

Getting source IP from a VM ware Workstation

Hi there,

My VM is Windows and can connect to the VPN.

The VPN will be able to retrieve a source IP address.

However, my Base machine linux can't.

Is there a way to bridge the VM connection to the base machine linux such that it can get the Windows VM source IP?

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scott28tt
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So you have VPN software in your guest OS (VM) but you want your host OS to be able to also use the tunnel?

I cannot see how that would work.

It could potentially work the other way around, if the host OS ran the VPN software then the guest OS might also use it.


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RDPetruska
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Most VPN software disables other network adapters by design - you may not be able to connect to additional networks while the VPN tunnel is active.

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