Connect Device to Mac localhost Server?
How do I allow any device, e.g., iPhone, to connect over a WLAN to my Mac's localhost server?
On my Mac, I'm running a "Hello World" HTTP Node.js server that serves a page, which Safari opens successfully, at http://localhost:1337. And, running ipconfig getifaddr en1 in Terminal outputs 192.168.1.9.
But, Safari, on both iPhone & Mac, displays "Safari can't connect to the server" when it tries to open http://192.168.1.9:1337.
I don't think this should involve port forwarding because I only want the HTTP server to be available privately, not publicly.
Related:
- Accessing localhost from iPhone (in same network)
- https://superuser.com/questions/308451/connect-to-localhost-from-another-computer
- https://superuser.com/questions/400752/can-we-run-local-server-over-local-network-without-internet-access
- https://serverfault.com/questions/254947/accessing-localhost-xampp-from-another-computer-over-lan-network-how-to
Answer
I had the same problem. I turned off my WI-FI on my Mac and then turned it on again, which solved the problem. Click Settings > Turn WI-FI Off.
I tested it by going to Safari on my iPhone and entering my host name or IP address. For example:
http://<name>.local or http://10.0.1.5