Hello. I'm new to VMWare Fusion and this is my first post in this forum. I'm not a networking guru, but I know the basics.
The setup: I'm an administrator in a university setting. I have an OS X 10.9 computer, acting as a server, with a static IP address reachable from anywhere on campus. VMWare Fusion 6 is installed and hosting a Windows 7 Professional virtual machine on which I've installed Zoo License Manager which dishes out licenses to clients via port 80 (http).
The question: I need client computers to reach the Win 7 guest over port 80 (http) at the static IP address of the OS X 10.9 host. How can I accomplish this?
Some potentially useful information:
* The virtual machine's network adapter is set to "Share with my Mac" which is described in the VMWare interface this way: "The virtual machine shares the IP address of the Mac on the external network. The Mac provides Network Address Translation (NAT) for network traffic from the virtual machine."
* The Win 7 guest's IP address is 192.168.148.129.
* I tried adding this line to the [incomingtcp] section of /Library/Preferences/VMware Fusion/vmnet8/nat.conf without success:
80 = 192.168.148.129:80
* The Zoo License Manager's port is not configurable. It must be port 80 (http).
* I've deactivated the built-in firewalls on both the Win 7 guest and the OS X 10.9 host. I don't think there are any other firewalls to worry about because if I temporarily enable the built-in Apache server on the OS X 10.9 host, I can reach the default "It works!" web page from a client system.
* When I port scan the OS X 10.9 host, port 80 doesn't show up as an open port. If I temporarily enable the built-in Apache on the OS X 10.9 host and then port scan again, port 80 shows up as an open port.
* When I port scan the Win 7 guest from the OS X 10.9 host, port 80 shows up as an open port.