title: OSX Tomcat access via VirtualBox Windows 7
body: <p>I'm trying to access my Tomcat instance on OSX with Windows 7 via VirtualBox.</p>
  
  <p>My network settings on VirtualBox:
  Adapater 1: Bridged Adapter
  Name: en1: Wi-Fi (Airport)</p>
  
  <p>Adapter 2: Host-only Adapter
  Name: vboxnet0</p>
  
  <p>my ifconfig -a from OSX:</p>
  
  <pre><code>vboxnet0: flags=8843&lt;UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST&gt; mtu 1500
  ether 0a:00:27:00:00:00 
  inet 192.168.56.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.56.255
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I can ping my OSX box from Windows 7, but when I try to visit <a href="http://192.168.56.1:8080" rel="nofollow">http://192.168.56.1:8080</a> I simply get an error that looks like I'm not connected.</p>
  
  <p>Any ideas?  Am I missing something in my OSX settings?</p>
  
  <p>edit:</p>
  
  <p>netstat -lan |grep 8080:</p>
  
  <pre><code>    tcp46      0      0  *.8080                 *.*                    LISTEN 
  </code></pre>