problem installing dummynet in windows 2003 VPS

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Ive installed private instances in windows xp virtualbox and windows server 2003 on amazon ec2 without issues, but now im trying on a cheap VPS its just not working.

The network adapter on this VPS is listed as “SWsoft Virtual Network Adapter”

When i try to install the dummynet, i get past the “have disk” step, confirm that i wanna install it without it being digitally signed… then nothing.

The terminal server session just hangs… it doesn’t close, just hangs…

I cant ping the VPS also when this happens. The only way to recover is to reboot the VPS via my hosts control panel (Parallels Business Automation).

Cant find anything in the event log…

Any clues/workarounds?

TIA[hr]
In case this helps…

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Sounds like that may be a “Parallels Virtuozo Containers” system which may not work. I was doing some poking around and it looks like there are different Virtuozo solutions. The hypervizor solution virtualizes the full hardware and you run the OS on it (and I have had no problems running testers in that configuration). The “containers” version of virtuozo looks like it’s a shared windows kernel with just the application side of things protected and I don’t think that will work.

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aha… thanks for the clarification… makes sense cause this was the cheapest windows VPS i could find…

So, next time i look for a VPS ill keep it in mind about asking if its shared kernel or complete virtualization…

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so… another provider offers this “Hyper-V Windows Server 2008 VPS Hosting” … gonna give it a try soon…

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Just watch out that it’s not 64-bit :slight_smile:

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thanks for reminding… will confirm that bit before taking it…

Windows is too complex :frowning: