Windows 8 KMS Activation

How do I activate my W8P, with my KMS server?
Which IP address should I target?

I have a Windows 7 in VirtualBox Pro, perfectly installed with the key.

 

Well... you activate like with any other server, except with your KMS server VM's IP. We can't tell you what that is, you'll have to look it up (e.g. by running ipconfig).
Although, until the server has received at least 25 activation requests from clients, you can't activate.

 

The IP of the KMS host of course, think this will not work using NAT but needs a bridged network adapter configured in VirtualBox

 

Ok, thanks, I'll try again.

 

I installed two bridge adapters, WiFi and Ethernet, and use the KMS server IPv4 address, but something goes wrong.

 

Turn off windows firewall on KMS host... or allow traffic on that KMS port... Well geting KMS host up is easy, geting client count to 25 is pain in the butt... im wondering if i would make it public over night... that would be fast solution installing 25x VMs is just boring and you cant even clone VM since every VM gets same hardware id... anyone knows how to regenerate tokens.dat without reinstalling whole system?

 

Nope, the KMS host needs 25 client activation requests before it starts activating them

 

Yes I have, but I can not connect to the KMS server, is it possible that the port is blocked?

 

Thank you for your help. I have to try 25 times?.

I see my KMSHOST not receiving requests.

 

no, you need to install Win8 25 times and try once with each copy (and no im not joking)...

 

No you must have 25 different Win8 Clients.

 

Open port in the firewall, either through GUI or with this command

Code:

netsh advfirewall firewall set rule name="Key Management Service (TCP-In)" new enable=yes

 

God, too much work. I thought it would be less complicated.

Thanks to all for your help.

 

Think this can be Windows 7 clients as well (smaller)

 

I work these parameters. It may be a language problem, my W8P is Spanish.

I ping my server MKSHOST and answer me, something must happen to the port. I do not know, do not understand.

 

Well default port is 1688, also make sure you set same time zone on host and client...

 

Yes, I have the same time zone.
I really do not understand why I can contact him via ping but is unresponsive?

 

Simply enable it through the Windows Firewall GUI, it is a predefined firewall rule.. in English it is named 'Key Management Service (TCP-In)'

 

How does KMS server increment count from clients. Based on Mac address, IP, computer name?

 

i think its based on hardware id thats hardcoded in to tokens.dat... i tryed many different things to avoid reinstalls without luck