How do I connect to vm by host name

[PierreT]

I have a Windows 7 VM. I want to be able run a windows server application, and connect to it from my host over http (and other protocols). I have disabled windows firewall, and still no luck.

In terminal when I try to ping the host name, I get the following error
ping: cannot resolve <hostname>: Unknown host


I can connect to the vm via IP address, so its certainly not a network connectivity issue.


Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks

 

[Manski]

Do you still have this issue?

The problem is that the computer name of your Windows VM is not a DNS name (which you want to used instead of an IP address). I just finished an article about how to assign a DNS name to a virtual machine. I stumbled over this thread while researching a solution. Maybe I'll help you. You can find it here:

Assign DNS name to virtual machine (here: Parallels Desktop 7)

Regards
Manski

 

[SakibS]

Please ping the DNS ...
ping www.example.com
Ping DNS IP address
ping 192.168.1.xx

If successful then connect host over http. If not successful then make sure the network connectivity.

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SakibS