Windows – How to access vmware’s virtual machine from host windows

Make sure the "network card" on the virtual machine is set to use bridged mode. This will give it an IP on the same subnet as your host machine.

Eg. If your host machine is 192.168.1.10, the virtual machine should get 192.168.1.X. This can vary depending on your network setup, but that's the usual case.

I figure you've already done these two, but you should also make sure your web server is set up to accept requests that did not originate from itself (localhost/127.0.0.1), since the server views the host as a separate machine.

And lastly, make sure Windows' firewall or any other firewall you have running on the VM is configured to allow the web server to accept incoming connections.

NAT is used if you want the VM to share the same IP address as the computer it's running on.

If you want it to have it's own IP address, switch the VM's virtual network adapter to bridged mode. You can then let the VM get an IP from DHCP, or assign one manually.

You can make servers accessible through the VM's NAT if you really want, but you have to set up port forwarding on the VM. It's much easier just to use bridge mode.

If you want the site to be accessible through your phone's cellular data connection as well, set up port forwarding on your Internet router as @Pierre above explains.