Cannot ping Linux Guest from Windows Host with NAT

[cam_macdonell]

Hello,

I'm running a Linux guest on a Vista host. I would like to be able to sftp into the guest (currently shared folders won't work) to copy data from the guest to the host. But I cannot connect nor ping the 192.168.x.y address that the guest has. I am using NAT and it was my understanding that I should be able to connect from the host to the guest over the virtual network.

Any tips are appreciated.

Thanks,

Cam

[asatoran]

NAT will block all incoming access to the guest(s) unless you configure port forwarding. (This is how basic firewalls work.) Either configure port forwarding or use bridged networking instead.