I have not been able to get the --namehost or /n flags to work on my computer running a VM and trying to connect to the boinc running inside the VM

Connecting through the Manager gui "File -> Select Computer" works fine

if I attempt to connect to the VM from my Linux Mint machine using the correct syntax for linux: boincmgr -n 192.168.2.22, it does connect properly

Neither the current version 7.12.1 nor the previous 7.10.2 work

my command line is pretty simple: C:\Archives\Boinc\boincmgr.exe /n 192.168.2.22
C:\Archives\Boinc\boincmgr.exe --namehost=192.168.2.22 does not work either

I have used the --verbose flag and it does not seem to work either as none of the err files are showing anything unless they are meant for the client not the manager, but I get no errors at all on the screen using either command-line. However if I type the flag wrong, it will give me a popup and tell me the argument