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I have installed Fedora 14 on Windows XP using VMware with NAT as ethernet type (since I need to access internet through wireless data card). I am using Fedora for Rails app development, which i can access using normal Webrick on http://localhost:3000

Any ideas on how to access the same app in the host Windows XP machine with Rails app server running on Fedora.

wintersolutions
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Did you try to connect via the IP-Address + port of the Fedora box? To find out the IP-Address use ifconfig and type it in your Windows-Browser, i.e. http://192.168.1.100:3030

If this fails, did you check your firewall settings on the Fedora box?

wintersolutions
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  • it works perfecly...i had to disable firewall completly in fedora box, Any sugesstions on adding an exception to the firewall rules without disabling them alltogether – railerhelper Feb 17 '12 at 06:28
  • I don't know which firewall Fedora is using, but I wouldn't bother because its a VM. Attacks on this machine are very unlikely or am I wrong here? – wintersolutions Feb 17 '12 at 06:57
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Use the 'bridged' or 'host-only' network types to get an IP address accessible to the host machine.

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