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How to connect from a VMware guest machine to the server installed on a Windows 7 host machine?

Asked 2012-02-29T23:38:26.943
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How to connect from a VMware guest (virtual) machine to the server installed on the host (physical) machine? Things like typing "localhost" in the address bar of a browser in a guest machine don't work. My host machine's OS is Windows 7 64 bit with WMware Workstation installed on it, if it matters.

EDIT: The Bridged network connection in combination with referring to 192.168.0.10* from the guest machine did work (replace * with a digit starting from 0 until it works).

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In a guest machine, localhost refers to the virtual machine itself. Refer to the host just as you would from any other machine: by its IP address.

Note that it may be using a second "virtual" network adapter to communicate with the guest. Check the VMware to find out, and to find the second IP address.

answered 2012-02-29T23:47:20.897

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