Connecting oracle database remotely

Question

Hi,
my oracle database is installed on a virtual machine (guest machine)
now I want to connect it to my IBM Rational S/W Architect IDE thats installed on my host machine
I have only installed OC4J on my host machine but can't connect to the database
can anyone pls guide me with this configuration issue??
Message was edited by:
jayant

Answer 1

Thanks David,
the IDE has picked up the drivers and the argument string without any trouble.
but I'm afraid that the errors are not over yet!!
this time the IDE seems to be trying to establish the connection with the database on the virtual machine, but fails mid-way
Moreover, i got to know about some interesting thing about this virtual machine.(I'm using VMWare Server as a virtualisation tool and its a NAT driver which shares the IP address of my host machine)
when i check the IP addresses of my physical machine by ipconfig, i get :
Windows IP Configuration
Ethernet Adapter VMWare Network Adapter VMnet8:(this is the n/w adapter that
i use to get connected with my physical machine)
connection-specific DNS suffix:
IP Address: 192.168.126.1
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
when i check for the IP Addresses of the virtual machine(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
Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway:192.168.126.2
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
I suspect that there is some configuration issue with the network adapters but can't figure out How to rectify that :(
pls help