Testing in IE6 from OSX: VirtualBox settings or good alternative
testing, virtualbox
Solution
Bridged mode allows the guest OS to use an IP on the same network as your host. Because of this, you should be able to access the page the same way- via your workstation's IP. The only reason I could see this not working would be if the port on your host is only accessible via localhost, of if the web server only serves to localhost.
Problem
I'm needing to test web applications in IE6,7 from my OSX workstation. I develop and run test servers locally on my OSX system. Currently have VirtualBox running Windows XP. Question: How do I view pages in IE (the guest os) that are hosted from OSX (the host os)? From Firefox on the host (OSX) the page can be viewed at localhost:8084, or localhost:8000 AND the workstation's IP of 192.168.1.100:8084 or :8000 (depending if I'm developing with Tomcat/JSP or Django). VBox Network options: NAT, Bridged, Internal, Host Only. I'm currently using Bridged.