Weird scenario... We'd like to run XP on a mac pro, have an appserver installed ont he XP side, and have that appserver be reachable from a mac browser (but not any mac browser, the browser on the very same mac). The whole enchilada would be off the network, so it's not like the XP side could talk to the mac side via the web, it would have to be direct... Would that work ?
Yes, you would create a host only network.
Thanks... are there instructions in the manual on how to set this up? (host only network I mean)
Yes.