Can't Connect to OSX http://localhost:port in Parallels

I'm having the hardest time trying to connect to my mac localhost on a specific port. I'm running a Django server on port 8001. In OSX I can get there just fine with localhost:8001 and I see my site running. The site is located in my Sites directory.

In Parallels WindowsXP, I've set up an alias (named 'osx') to point to the IP address for the OSX localhost (I've also installed Bonjour). In my Windows XP I see the OSX Apache start page, so I know I can connect to the server. However, once I enter the port number, I get the "Server not found" message. The only port that seems to be working is 80, the default Apache port number.

I need to be able to test my sites in IE6/7, which is the main reason I bought Parallels. I don't want to have to set up XP in parallels with Python, Django, MySQL and all the other programs I need to run the site locally there just to test in IE. I will also have more projects that I will need to work on using other ports in the future.

I have searched the web and found no real answer to this. I have added Parallels to the OSX application firewall and I have opened up port 8001 in the Terminal using 'sudo ipfw.' Nothing seems to work. Has anyone come across a solution?

I am using a Macbook Pro 2.4ghz Intel Core Duo 2 with OSX 10.5.2 (Build 9C2028) running Parallels 3 (Build 5584).

 

Have you checked windows firewall?

 

Actually, I figured it out. I just opened up the ip for Mac OS X with the port number to be viewed on a local network.

 

Same Problem

Hi, I'm having the same issue with my mb running parallels. I've tried running my server on several different ports. I can see the opening screen for apache as well as some other php apps. However, it won't find the iport of my rails mongrel server, no matter what I change the port to. Can you elaborate on how you opened the IP and port?

This use to work before. Not sure what happened that made it stop working.

Thanks,
Dave

 

I'm also having problems with this: Running Headdress to create sites with ports in the 900x range. I have Bonjour 1.0.4 installed on Windows.

Weirdly, http://machinename.local:9000 works, but none of the other ports numbers do (eg 9007).

 

Disable firewall on Mac OS side

 

Completely? What about the security implications?

Anyway, I tried that temporarily and had no change in outcome - machinename.local:9000 still works, machinename.local:9007 still doesn't.

 

Try Mac IP address shown on Parallels Nat interface in System Preferences - Network - Parallels Nat

 

Same result again, I'm afraid. port 9000 works, but others do not.

 

What is ipconfig in Windows and ifconfig -a in Mac?

 

ifconfig -a:

lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 16384
inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000
inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128
gif0: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1280
stf0: flags=0<> mtu 1280
en0: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
ether 00:17:f2:cb:56:40
media: autoselect status: inactive
supported media: autoselect 10baseT/UTP <half-duplex> 10baseT/UTP <full-duplex> 10baseT/UTP <full-duplex,hw-loopback> 10baseT/UTP <full-duplex,flow-control> 100baseTX <half-duplex> 100baseTX <full-duplex> 100baseTX <full-duplex,hw-loopback> 100baseTX <full-duplex,flow-control> 1000baseT <full-duplex> 1000baseT <full-duplex,hw-loopback> 1000baseT <full-duplex,flow-control> none
fw0: flags=8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 2030
lladdr 00:19:e3:ff:fe:2a:e4:82
media: autoselect <full-duplex> status: inactive
supported media: autoselect <full-duplex>
en1: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet6 fe80::219:e3ff:fe04:5837%en1 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x6
inet 192.168.1.24 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255
ether 00:19:e3:04:58:37
media: autoselect status: active
supported media: autoselect
en2: flags=8963<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,PROMISC,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet6 fe80::21c:42ff:fe00:0%en2 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x7
inet 10.37.129.2 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 10.37.129.255
ether 00:1c:42:00:00:00
media: autoselect status: active
supported media: autoselect
en3: flags=8963<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,PROMISC,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet6 fe80::21c:42ff:fe00:1%en3 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x8
inet 10.211.55.2 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 10.211.55.255
ether 00:1c:42:00:00:01
media: autoselect status: active
supported media: autoselect




ipconfig:

Windows IP Configuration


Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.211.55.4
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.211.55.1

 

try http://10.211.55.1:9000 with Mac firewall disabled, if you have any antivirus on mac make sure that it doesn't block ports

 

Same problem, no luck

Firewalls disabled on both Mac and Windows VM. No anti-virus installed. Can hit http://10.211.55.2 fine but as soon as I add port, it's over - nu luck.

Any other information on this?

 

solving problem for quickbooks

I have had this problem with trying to connect my quickbooks inside parallels to my qb file on my mac.
here is the fix which looks like it may be working.

get ip address on your mac.
system preferences =>network=> click advanced tab on airport network section. =>click tcp/ip section and write down ip address. mine was 192.168.1.52.

go to your windows 7 in parallels. go to my computer>windows>system32>drivers>etc> you will find a hosts file.
drag this to your desktop. open this in notepad. add the following to bottom part of page.

your ip .psf
your ip psf


for example.
192.168.1.52 .psf
192.168.1.52 psf


that is all.

 

as for me, i usully use this tool http://www.protemac.com/netmine/, try it!)