VMWare fusion: connecting to host's web server from guest

Question

I am a web developer and my development platform is Mac. I have installed a copy of Windows XP in VMWare fusion for testing purposes and using IE for previwing my websites.

Answer 1

Andrew's answer, while correct, is missing a significant portion, namely that vmnet8 is only used when the guest OS is set to use the Bridged network option.

If your guest OS is using the NAT network option, as seen in this Windows host example, you would need to use vmnet1 instead.

In this case, the IP of vmnet1 192.168.119.1 allows access to the host webserver, while the IP of vmnet8 leads nowhere.