# Previewing localhost:3000 in IE6 in Parallels

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/previewing-localhost-3000-in-ie6-in-parallels/144901>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [August 4, 2008, 6:08am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/previewing-localhost-3000-in-ie6-in-parallels/144901 "2008-08-04T06:08:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 6:08am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/previewing-localhost-3000-in-ie6-in-parallels/144901/1 "2008-08-04T06:08:00Z")

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How do I view localhost:3000 in Internet Explorer 6 in Parallels? I  
found instructions for Tiger, but nothing for Leopard. Any advice?

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**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 9:41am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/previewing-localhost-3000-in-ie6-in-parallels/144901/2 "2008-08-04T09:41:28Z")

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Hi,

On 4 Sie, 06:07, “removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid” [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)  
wrote:

> How do I view localhost:3000 in Internet Explorer 6 in Parallels? I  
> found instructions for Tiger, but nothing for Leopard. Any advice?

I’m not using Mac, but assumed that you start your application on Mac  
OS, and want to test it from XP/Vista in virtual machine, you have to  
specify different host than “localhost” from there. Your virtual  
machine will probably see your Mac OS X operating system running on  
different IP. To check this, one way is to open command line in  
Windows in virtual machine and type:

C:\> route print

that will give you idea on what is IP You need to specify in URL  
instead of “localhost”.  
Above instructions apply to Linux / Virtualbox, but for other virtual  
machines this must work similiar.

Hope this helps,  
H.

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**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 1:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/previewing-localhost-3000-in-ie6-in-parallels/144901/3 "2008-08-04T13:04:54Z")

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removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid wrote:

> How do I view localhost:3000 in Internet Explorer 6 in Parallels? I  
> found instructions for Tiger, but nothing for Leopard. Any advice?

You need to enter the ip of your Mac instead of localhost. Check the  
System Preference and Network.

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**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 5:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/previewing-localhost-3000-in-ie6-in-parallels/144901/4 "2008-08-05T17:35:49Z")

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Thanks, all. That did the trick.