Unable to connect to Workstation Server externally

[eliminatrix]

Hi There,

I am using the most up-to-date version of VMWare Workstation 8 and I can't seem to access the workstation server feature externally. I have the server enabled and I've also enabled all the relevant settings in my router, but when I try to connect to it I simply get "connection timed out" error.

Can anyone guide me through trouble-shooting this please?

My router responds to pings externally, so it's not the internet connection. I'm using the standard port of 443.

Thanks!

Mike

[Landy]

What's your host? Windows or Linux? Have you checked the service of hostd running in the host? (Sometimes althought you enabled this feature, the service fails at the system start up.)