Connection through COM port between host and guest. I enabled serial port and chose host pipe in. First of all virtual box wont create a Serial port for. How To Use Host Serial Port From Guest In VirtualBox? Host and I wanted to access the host serial port for. The host path. I did NOT select 'Create Pipe'.

I am having a issue supporting a console port. I'm running Virtual Box 4.3.16 (latest) I entered under settings for Virtual Box: x Enable serial port x Host Pipe x create pipe Port/File Path:. Pipe COM1 When I start the VBox Windows7 and launch Putty, then type in COM1, but there is no connection.it just blinks. I know this works on the base machine because I have connection to my Cisco router, but the serial port does not seem to work on the Vbox.? Any help would greatly be appreciated!!!

Posts: 4 Joined: 11. Sep 2014, 16:21. Quote: Please read Minimum information needed for assistance and provide the 'showvminfo' output. Download Guthrie Govan Backing Tracks Rapidshare. On the host, did you intend it to be a named pipe or a physical COM1? It doesn't seem to me to be a great idea to name a pipe COM1, and the actual COM1 is not a pipe.

END QUOTE Thank for your the quick reply. I think I have everything down in the attachments, please let me know if you need more information. I intend for it to be a Physical COM1 on the Virtual Box. I will not be using the base machine for the communications port only the Virtual Box.I thought I had to 'pipe' it to my Vbox? I'm new to this, any help would greatly be appreciated. Kind regards, Joe Attachments Settings for Vbox (146.86 KiB) Downloaded 121 times Vbox extension packs vbox extension packs.JPG (32.58 KiB) Viewed 11636 times Guest Log file (9.64 KiB) Downloaded 53 times Posts: 4 Joined: 11.

Sep 2014, 16:21. I could swear I remember seeing an image showing COM6 appearing in your host Device Manager ports section. Did you delete it? If so then choosing to delete that image was a pity, since it was the most relevant picture posted. It's what told me that you have an actual COM6 on your host, hence a pipe wasn't needed.

If possible you can restore that image (you can remove the blue console image) so that this discussion makes more sense to future readers. Site Moderator Posts: 25954 Joined: 4. Sep 2008, 17:09 Primary OS: MS Windows 10 VBox Version: PUEL Guest OSses: Mostly XP.