Previewing localhost:3000 in IE6 in Parallels

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How do I view localhost:3000 in Internet Explorer 6 in Parallels? I found instructions for Tiger, but nothing for Leopard. Any advice?

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Hi,

How do I view localhost:3000 in Internet Explorer 6 in Parallels? I found instructions for Tiger, but nothing for Leopard. Any advice?

I'm not using Mac, but assumed that you start your application on Mac OS, and want to test it from XP/Vista in virtual machine, you have to specify different host than "localhost" from there. Your virtual machine will probably see your Mac OS X operating system running on different IP. To check this, one way is to open command line in Windows in virtual machine and type:

C:> route print

that will give you idea on what is IP You need to specify in URL instead of "localhost". Above instructions apply to Linux / Virtualbox, but for other virtual machines this must work similiar.

Hope this helps, H.

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jeffpatterson@gmail.com wrote:

How do I view localhost:3000 in Internet Explorer 6 in Parallels? I found instructions for Tiger, but nothing for Leopard. Any advice?

You need to enter the ip of your Mac instead of localhost. Check the System Preference and Network.

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Thanks, all. That did the trick.