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6 Replies Last post: Mar 2, 2008 4:20 AM by Robster50  

Help Please - Access web server on one VM from another VM!!!!!!!! posted: Mar 2, 2008 2:28 AM

Click to view Robster50's profile Enthusiast 58 posts since
Jul 4, 2007
Hi

I need to be able to demonstrate some business software to clients on line.

To do this I need to fire up a Linux VM which is running the software and access this software via a browser.

I can successfully access the VM via a browser on my Mac but cannot seem to connect to the same address from a browser running in my Windows XP 'work' VM.

I am running in Bridged Network mode.

Any ideas please, this is critically important to me.

Robin
Click to view WoodyZ's profile Guru 10,142 posts since
Apr 22, 2004
Have a look at HOWTO: Ask (and Answer) Questions and provide the additional missing information that will help diagnose your issue without having to first as lots of questions.
Click to view WoodyZ's profile Guru 10,142 posts since
Apr 22, 2004
Robster50 wrote: Does any of that help?


Yes it does help and it shows that the Linux Virtual Machine is using a NATed VMware Network and if you change it to Bridged so the XP Virtual Machine and the Linux Virtual Machine are on the same Subnet then they should be able to communicate assuming there are not any Firewall restrictions on either of the Virtual Machine's or the OS X Host.

Click to view WoodyZ's profile Guru 10,142 posts since
Apr 22, 2004
When using NAT the Host and Guest can communicate directly because the Host has a Virtual Network Adapter (vmnet8) that is on the same Subnet and packets initiating in the Host get routed through that adapter however packets being sent from another machine on a different subnet do not get routed through that adapter and should not as it would defeat one of the security aspects of separate NATed Networks.

Is the XP Virtual Machine also a Guest on the same Host as the Linux Guest and if so have you tried setting the XP Network to NAT which would put it in the same Subnet?

Have a look at: Understanding Networking in VMware Fusion.

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