Hi,
I have Win XP Pro edition on my virtual machine and for some reasons the default bridging doesn't work[/u] So [u]I have chosen NAT[/u][/b] (with VMNet8) Its working properly with NAT
With IPCONFIG on my physical machine[/b], i get:
Windows IP Configuration
Ethernet Adapter VMWare Network Adapter VMnet8[/u]:(this is the n/w adapter that i use to get connected with my physical machine)
connection-specific DNS suffix:
Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway:
Ethernet Adapter VMWare Network Adapter VMnet1:
connection-specific DNS suffix:
IP Address: 192.168.5.1
Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway:
Ethernet Adapter Local Area Connection 2:
Media State: Media disconnected
Ethernet Adapter Wireless Network Connection 2:
connection-specific DNS suffix: domain_not_set.invalid
IP Address: 192.168.1.72
Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway: 192.168.1.1
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when i check for the IP Addresses[/b] of the virtual machine[/b](Win XP Pro) thats installed on VMWare Server, i get
Windows IP Configuration
Ethernet Adapter Local Area Connection:
connection-specific DNS suffix: localdomain
IP Address: 192.168.126.128[/b]
Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway:192.168.126.2
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I do suppose (as i'm not an expert,so pardon me) that the VMWare Server is also acting as a proxy.
The problem[/b] for me here is that my Oracle 10g XE database is installed on the Guest OS (win XP Pro) on the VMWare Server and I want to connect to this database through IBM Rational Software Architect
The arguments that are passed to this IDE are:
New Connections: conn1
Database Manager: Oracle 10g
JDBC Driver: Oracle JDBC Driver
Database Name: GPS_NODE
Server Host Name: 192.168.126.128[/b]
Server connection port: 1521
Name of JDBC Driver class: oracle.jdbc.OracleDriver
Location of JDBC Driver class: C:\Oracle\jdbc\ojdbc14.jar
connection URL: jdbc:oracle:thin@192.168.126.128:1521:GPS_NODE
use OS user id: false
user_id: GPS_USER
schema filter conditions: SCHEMA NOT LIKE SYS%
routine languages: sql,java,c,other
I can say with assurance that there is no issue "with the JDBC drivers"[/b] as the IDE picks up
now the error that's being flashed is:
connection to GPS_NODE failed. IWAS0126E Problems encountered while trying to establish connection conn1. Reason: IOException: The Network Adapter could not establish the connection[/b]
I suspect that there is some configuration issue with the network adapters and the proxy settings of VMWare but can't figure out How to rectify that 
pls help
regards
NB: I have tried both the IP Addresses 192.168.126.1 and 192.168.126.128 and nothing seems to be working.[/b]