Access localhost on VirtualBox IIS

Question

I am hosting a virtual machine (Windows 7) on my machine via VirtualBox. I am using a bridged connection to my host laptop. I am attempting to access localhost on the VM from another machine on the network. When I use ipconfig from my host machine I get:

Ethernet adapter VirtualBox Host-Only Network:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::9538:86c4:59e3:a43f%23
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.56.1
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

When I try to access 192.168.56.1, I am unable to load the page. I can ping 192.168.56.1 and get a reply, but I am not sure if this is the correct IP address to use.

I have also attempted to use the IP address from my guest machine (VM)

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::9538:86c4:59e3:a43f%23
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.24
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1

but I am unable to get a reply when ping the 192.168.2.24 from my host. Any suggestions here?

Answer 1

I will add my cents here. If you don't want to shutdown the firewall, you can all HTTP traffic to flow through it as mentioned in this answer.

Open start menu and type firewall with advance security and open Windows Firewall with Advanced Security. In the window, select Inbound Rules and then double click on the World Wide Web Service (HTTP Traffice In) and check the Enable box. And you are done. You can access the server by putting its IP in the browser.

Answer 2

Shutdown firewall, that's why it is not accessible from host. Use the IP address you get inside the guest, 192.168.2.24