$ mongo 192.168.56.101 MongoDB shell version: 3.0.2 connecting to: 192.168.56.101/test 2015-10-04T12:06:20.651+0530 W NETWORK Failed to connect to 192.168.56.101:27017, reason: errno:61 Connection refused 2015-10-04T12:06:20.653+0530 E QUERY Error: couldn't connect to server 192.168.56.101:27017 (192.168.56.101), connection attempt failed at connect (src/mongo/shell/mongo.js:181:14) at (connect):1