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I am using a WinXP virtual machine using bridged networking. The reason for that is that I need to access the virtual machine from within the host only (not from outside the host). But I also need to access the outside world from within the virtual machine (essentially web). So host-only networking is not possible.

I'd rather do away with the hassle of bridged networking (I just posted a separate question for that), but I cannot find a mode that would do what I need, i.e.
(a) the guest must be able to go out to the Internet (essentially web but also ftp)
(b) the host must be able to reach the guest (mostly web).

NAT does (a) beautifully, but not (b). Host does (b) but not (a).

Is the only solution really to use bridged networking ?

Albert

Yes.
Run two Virtual adapters one set to host-only and one set to NAT.

Brilliant. So simple and works great!

Thanks a lot!