How to connect from vSphere Client to ESXi? Ping from ESXi to Win fails

Question

I have Ubuntu 13.04 and VirtualBox installed. I created 2 virtual machines:

1. for ESXi
2. for Windows XP and vSphere Client

On my first VirtualBox virtual machine I installed an ESXi on my VirtualBox, gave it a static IP address of 192.168.0.4 set bridging network in VB network settings.

Then, I installed on my second VirtualBox virtual machine, where I have Windows XP installed, vSphere Client.

When Im on this Windows XP virtual machine and in the web browser type the address of 192.168.0.4 I can see a VMWare ESXi welcome page, so its ok I guess.

But when I try to connect to it with vSphereClient, I see such window:

Am I doing something wrong? Why cant I connect to ESXi?

Ping from my Windows on the second virtual machine to ESXi (on the first virtual machine, 192.168.0.4) works ...

IP of my Windows Xp on the second virtual machine is 192.168.0.5 so they're both in the same subnet.

When I try to ping Windows XP from ESXi, ping fails. When I turn off the firewall in Windows XP, ping from ESXi is ok but still cant connect from vSphere Client to ESXi ...

Also, I dont think that turning off the firewall is the best idea for doing this but without it, ping from ESXi to Win XP fails ...

Why? How to solve it?

Answer 1

Regarding the comments, i suggest to have a look here and check if you are in this case. If yes, i would suggest to use Windows7 instead of WinXP or use the VSphere Web Interface that should be at https://192.168.0.4:9443

Edit : i made a mistake, you cannot use the VSphere Web Interface. Only works against a VCenter server