Q: Not able to access localhost via local IP
I want to connect to my local Web Server (NodeJS server) which runs on my MacBook with my iPhone.
On my Mac I can access the server via http://localhost:3000/. Now all it should take is to replace localhost with my Mac's local IP address like this http://192.168.0.13:3000/. However, on my iPhone I cannot access the server this way and even when I try to open http://192.168.0.13:3000/ on my Mac there is no connection being established.
This is definitely a problem with my Mac and not with my program because when I run the server on Windows and try to connect to it with the local IP address it works just fine.
Also trying this in another Wi-Fi Network does not help or changing the port does not change anything either.
I am using Mac OSX 10.11.5 and my firewall is turned off.
How can I solve this problem?
My Routing Tables (netstat -r)
Routing tables
Internet:
Destination Gateway Flags Refs Use Netif Expire
default 192.168.0.1 UGSc 139 0 en0
127 localhost UCS 0 0 lo0
localhost localhost UH 18 89045 lo0
169.254 link#4 UCS 0 0 en0
192.168.0 link#4 UCS 0 0 en0
192.168.0.1/32 link#4 UCS 1 0 en0
192.168.0.1 88:f7:c7:ca:46:61 UHLWIir 139 0 en0 1197
192.168.0.13/32 link#4 UCS 0 0 en0
224.0.0 link#4 UmCS 1 0 en0
224.0.0.251 1:0:5e:0:0:fb UHmLWI 0 0 en0
255.255.255.255/32 link#4 UCS 0 0 en0
Internet6:
Destination Gateway Flags Netif Expire
localhost localhost UHL lo0
fe80::%lo0 localhost UcI lo0
localhost link#1 UHLI lo0
fe80::%en0 link#4 UCI en0
tims-macbook-pro.l 80:e6:50:9:1b:70 UHLI lo0
fe80::%awdl0 link#8 UCI awdl0
tims-macbook-pro.l 2:6d:32:cd:9f:bd UHLI lo0
ff01::%lo0 localhost UmCI lo0
ff01::%en0 link#4 UmCI en0
ff01::%awdl0 link#8 UmCI awdl0
ff02::%lo0 localhost UmCI lo0
ff02::%en0 link#4 UmCI en0
ff02::%awdl0 link#8 UmCI awdl0
My hosts file (/etc/hosts)
##
# Host Database
#
# localhost is used to configure the loopback interface
# when the system is booting. Do not change this entry.
##
127.0.0.1 localhost
255.255.255.255 broadcasthost
::1 localhost
fe80::1%lo0 localhost
MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2014), OS X El Capitan (10.11.5)
Posted on Aug 31, 2016 8:56 AM