Multiple IPs on Host Accessible from VM

I use Windows XP Mode to test sites for IE6 compatibility. I run several sites in my host machine's IIS service, each on a different local IP (127.0.1.0, 127.2.1.3, etc.), which is important because I need multiple local sites to be able to run in https simultaneously.

Since IE6 runs in a virtual instance of Windows XP, I can only hit one IP on the hose machine - its network address (192.168.x.x). Is there any way to "tunnel" or route IPs from the virtual instance to the host OS, such that if I pointed a virtual web browser to 127.1.1.3, it would hit the IIS site on the host machine which is bound to 127.1.1.3?

Thanks for any help!

Edit: I finally figured it out, and can't figure out why it took me so long to realize.

Solution: Setup a proxy server on the host OS. Point the virtual IE6 to the host proxy server. All requests will go through the proxy server and hi开发者_Python百科t the various IPs/sites as if the virtual application were running on the host OS.

well as 127. is bound to loopback, and that by default means only localhost, so if it is running in a vm it is never going to leave the vm.

Can you possible just run evey instance on a different port. ue 127.0.1.1 would now listen on 192.168.x.x:8080 and 127.2.1.3 listens on post 8081. SSL would work fine on all them, although you would need to test with the port number in place

Setup a proxy server on the host OS. Point the virtual IE6 to the host proxy server. All requests will go through the proxy server and hit the various IPs/sites as if the virtual application were running on the host OS.