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How can I connect to a web server running in a VM when the VM is in NAT mode?

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I've got a development webserver on an Ubuntu box inside of VMWare Workstation 7.1.3. I'd like to run a web browser on a Windows machine (the host OS) for actually testing a web page I'm working on -- hard to run IE tests in Ubuntu :) However, if I simply try to ping the IP given to the ubuntu VM (…

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I have this configuration working in my computer: host: Windows 7 VMWare: openSUSE 11.x using NAT If i run ifconfig on linux, I have this ip: 192.168.126.129. In the host I have adpater VMNet8: 192.168.126.1 I opened in the browser the URL: http://1…

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