Setting up port forwarding in VMWare Workstation 8

To setup port forwarding (maybe you have IIS or Apache running in a VM and want to access from other machines or the host).

If you vm is setup with NAT like this:

…You can go to “Edit > Virtual Network Editor”, this brings up this:

If you choose “NAT” network type, and click “NAT Settings”, you can configure port forwarding like this:

Enter your port, VM IP, etc. Click “OK” a bunch of times and you should be good. Don’t forget about firewalls on the host and VM.

 

Setting up port forwarding in VMWare Workstation 8

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