I am trying to connect to a virtual machine using sockets in Java. I have my client and server applications working with no issues on localhost. When I run the Server code and try to connect from a separate machine with the IP address and port number, my client connection times out.
Here is a link to my virtual machine network settings page https://wiki.redbrick.dcu.ie/mw/RBVM_Networking
Do I need to specify any particular parameters in Java to make my server accept connections? Is this an issue I have to take up with the VM network admins?
Any suggestions would be appreciated !
p.s I am running ubuntu server and can access phpmyadmin remotely with no problems.
Edit
I have run nmap and the port I am using for the server side application shows up as open.
My provider was blocking all but a select few ports, got a list of open ones and now it works. derp!