How can I test in IE while developing under Mac OS X?

Question

I\'ve got my web application on Mac OS X and it\'s ready for IE compatibility testing. I\'ve tried running the server, booting up VMware and pulling up localhost:3000

Answer 1

In your Macs Terminal, type

ifconfig vmnet1

You will get back something like:

vmnet1: flags=8863 mtu 1500
    ether .... 
    inet 192.168.18.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.18.255

You can use the IP returned after "inet" (192.168.18.1 in this case) to connect to your app like e.g

http://192.168.18.1:3000

As opposed to the other answers given, using the gateway address of the Windows client does not work for me, it is different.