I am running a Windows XP virtual machine using VMWare Fusion 1.0 Build 51348 on a MacBook Pro host running OS X 10.4.10. I have set the network for that vm to Host-Only since I do not need external access. Normally the host is using an expresscard to Verizon broadband. The ifconfig -a command displays
vmnet8: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet 172.16.110.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 172.16.110.255
ether 00:50:56:c0:00:08
vmnet1: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet 172.16.183.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 172.16.183.255
ether 00:50:56:c0:00:01
There is a Oracle database running on the Windows vm and I would like to access that database using JDBC development tools on the Host. I can ping the addresses indicated in the vmnet8 and vmnet1 but when I attempt a JDBC connection to the database it fails. I have verified that the database is configured for external access and that the other JDBC settings are correct.
Is this possible? If so has anyone done it who can give me some advice on setting it up?
Thanks