Allows access to VMware Virtual Machine (NAT) from another computer

If you have a virtual machine on your computer, you may want to access that virtual machine from another computer. For example: You have an Ubuntu virtual machine with Apache running on port 80, and you want to see other people on your network accessing your website .

We assume that this virtual machine uses NAT, and the IP address registration is 192.168.23.128.

First open Manage Virtual Networks from the Start menu:

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Click the NAT tab, then click Edit . You will see the NAT Settings dialog :

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Click the Port Forwarding button, and you will see the following dialog:

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You should now see a screen that we really need. We will use port 8080 on the host. Enter the IP address for the Ubuntu virtual machine, and port 80. This port may be any port.

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We can test it by going to http:/// localhost: 8080 on the real computer. Alternatively, replace localhost with the IP address of the real computer.