Is there any reason why you can't just use a bridge adapter and give it an IP on the local subnet along with your development workstation?
On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 3:57 PM, noonie <[email protected]> wrote: > Greetings, > > We have created a web-based user management system that works with Active > Directory however the development time has been greatly increased by not > having a local environment to develop and test against. > > I have managed to get a copy of the remote domain brought into our network > with he following config:- > > Windows XP workstation (on our domain) hosting Microsoft Virtual Server > containing Windows Server™ 2003 Service Pack 2 as the guest O/S. > > The guest is configured as a domain controller and contains a close copy > of the remote AD. > > The guest O/S is configured to use the host loop-back network adapter and > is completely isolated from the host's domain. > > What I want to do is be able to configure the application under > development to use LDAP connections and point them at the "replica" domain > controller. The fact that this is hosted on XP is giving me a headache but > this configuration is not open for negotiation. > > I assume that I need a port forwarding solution but XP doesn't appear to > have one built in and Fpipe, which works fine for port 8080 --> 80 mapping > appears to choke when I connect using an LDAP browser (ADAM ADSI Edit) > mapping 1389 --> 389. I can connect and display the schema root but > drilling into the directory returns errors at the client and logs errors in > the Fpipe command window. I suspect that I've just chosen the wrong tool to > do the forwarding. > > Has anyone had any success with this type of configuration and what > recommendations do you guys have for port forwarding/mapping utilities that > will work for me on XP? > > -- > Regards, > noonie > -- *David Connors* | [email protected] | www.codify.com Codify Pty Ltd Phone: +61 (7) 3210 6268 | Facsimile: +61 (7) 3210 6269 | Mobile: +61 417 189 363 V-Card: https://www.codify.com/cards/davidconnors Address Info: https://www.codify.com/contact
