Accessing host machine IIS from a guest OS in VMWare

How can I access a site configured in IIS 7 on the host machine from a guest OS in VMWare (Fedora 10). I have configured the VM to use "NAT"

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• Depends on your network configuration of vmware product you are using (player, server, workstation). If it is set for a bridged mode, then you can do it as any other machine - by host machine's IP. If it is a "host only" or NAT mode - check what is the gateway IP for the guest (/sbin/route), and try using it:

  # /sbin/route
  Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
  
  default         10.x.y.z        0.0.0.0         UG    0      0        0 eth0
  

  In this case, 10.x.y.z is the ip of the host machine.

  Nick : I am sorry, I am using NAT ..

  Nick : And i am using VMWare Workstation

  Sunny : So, there is a "private" network between the host and the guest. Make sure your IIS site binds to the "private" ip as well, not only to the "real" IP and localhost. Then, as I said, check in the guest what is the gateway IP, it is the same as the host "private" IP, so you can use it.

• Pretty easy...

  Step 1 Configure IIS on the host OS to include a binding, if you would like to use a "url". for example mySite.com

  Step 2. In the Guest open up the hosts file c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts.

  Add the entry

  [hostip address] [host iis bining url]

  Example

  192.168.0.1 mySite.com

  restart your browser in the guest, and you should be good to go.

  Jan Aagaard : Why not simply type the IP number of the host in the address bar in the browser on the guest?