port forwarding a virtual machine

[Far]

After trying for days of getting sql server running on my 64bit machine, ive given up. and instead am running a virtual machine to host my mir3 server.

for some reason i cant install drivers (my gfx card) on the virtual machine, so mir wont run smoothly.

How do i port forward my virtual machine so i can run it from there and use my client from my actual machine?

my virtual machines ip is 192.168.131.65, which my router doesnt recognise as a real ip.

on the virtual machines ethernet settings i only have local or NAT as a connection choice. using nat allows me to connect to the internet, and i can get an external ip from it.

but mir wont run on my actual pc, so im presuming its because i need to forward the 3 ports.

any help on fixing this would be great.


also, is there a better program besides microsoft virtual pc 2007 to use?

 

[Zen2]

Not the best way to run a server in my opinion however i think you just forward the ports via the network firewall.

 

[Far]

talk to me like im really thick please lol. how would i go about doing that?

and yeah i dont intend on running it like this live, its just for me to edit.

 

[Kaori]

you can set your ip to one of the valid ips from your router.

use virtual server instead of virtual pc if you are thinking about long term.