Re: Connect to DB hosted on the Mac OS X parent

From: Steve Jain (essjae-No_at_Spam-hotmail.com)
Date: 03/30/04


Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 13:20:26 -0800

can you ping the default gateway and the IP address of the Mac? Do
you hav a firewall enabled on the Mac that's preventing Windows from
communicating with it?

On Tue, 30 Mar 2004 12:36:55 -0800, "Abe"
<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I originally posted this in the Windows newsgroup. Please
>read the following for my problem.
>
>Thanks!
>-Abe
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Thanks, I'll move over to that news group. Looks like
>you
>>probably get tired of saying this.
>>
>>To clarify though, there isn't a network strictly
>>speaking; just the virtual network that Virtual PC sets
>>up. Everything running - servers, Virtual PC,
>PostgreSQL,
>>Mac OS X - all exist on the same Ti-Book. There's only
>>one actual machine in this entire setup.
>>
>>Thanks. ... Onto microsoft.public.mac.virtualpc
>>-Abe
>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>This group is for Virtual PC for Windows. You might have
>>>better luck asking your question in the Mac group:
>>> microsoft.public.mac.virtualpc
>>>
>>>That aside, it sounds like standard network
>>>troubleshooting would be a good place to start: ping the
>>>SQL server, ping from the SQL server to the VM, etc.
>>>
>>>Scott
>>>
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>I'm trying to develop a database driven app. The
>>>backend
>>>>is PostgreSQL running on Mac OS X. I'm developing in
>>>>VS.NET running inside Virtual PC - everything is
>running
>>>>on the same Ti-Book. Whenever I try to connect to
>>>>PostgreSQL I get a timeout. From inside Virtual PC I
>>>>use "ipconfig /all" to get the Mac OS X's IP address
>>>>(Default Gateway).
>>>>
>>>>Something obviously isn't working correctly since I
>>>>timeout every try. Am I thinking about this
>correctly?
>>>>What am I missing.
>>>>
>>>>Thanks in advance.
>>>>-Abe
>>>>.
>>>>
>>>.
>>>
>>.
>>

Steve Jain, Microsoft MVP for Virtual PC for Windows
Website: http://www.essjae.com



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