The root cause is that Windows 7 doesn't have Get-NetIPAddress ( see: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/19529442/gather-ip-address-information ) but the change was to try and solve the bug that the VPN IP addresses aren't visible detailed here: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2549091 Resolved using the 2nd solution from http://serverfault.com/questions/145259/powershell-win32-networkadapterconfiguration-not-seeing-ppp-adapter
Vagrant Core Plugins
These are plugins that ship with Vagrant. Vagrant core uses its own plugin system to power a lot of the core pieces that ship with Vagrant. Each plugin will have its own README which explains its specific role.