Changing Windows 'hosts' file in guest OS under Parallels Desktop 6 on Mac

Question

I am running Windows 7 in a Parallels Desktop 6 on Mac.

On the mac, I use /etc/hosts:

127.0.0.1 mysite

and it works fine; I can type mysite in the URL box and the website will display.

What I want to do is be able to reproduce the same on Win7 with IE8, for example.

Another guy on Server Fault has done it successfully, here but I can't.

On Mac, I've done this:

ifconfig -a  

vnic0 10.211.55.2

On Windows 7, I tried this

 C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts

10.211.55.2 mysite

What am I missing?

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Anotomix · Answer 1 · 2011-06-29 09:28:27Z

up vote 1 down vote

if you use apache for your test web site, you need to bind (listen) first ip:port 10.211.55.2:80 in httpd.conf to make it work.

Add this row in httpd.conf (You can find first 127.0.0.1:80 and press new row after it)

Listen 10.211.55.2:80

answered Jun 29 '11 at 9:28

	Bingo ! I'm done, thank you for your help ;) – user88092 Jun 29 '11 at 10:40
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