Hi everyone, Thanks for you r suggestions. I managed to get on to the server.
After port forwarding, I typed 192.xxx.xxx.xxx:80 on my iPhone and I the router automatically redirected the browser to my localhost. Thanks On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 9:25 AM, Mr Junk <[email protected]> wrote: > You certainly can browse to localhost on the iPhone. > > Jailbreak it and install a webserver, then serve your apps from it. > > I do it. > -ml > > On Nov 14, 2009, at 1:55 PM, Paul Carew wrote: > > we do this all the time for testing. > You have two options after setting up the port 80 forward. > You either browse to you public IP address (not the 192 addr, that's an > internal IP) or you use a service such as noip.com to set up a dynamic > domain name > You cant browse to 'localhost' from you phone, as that is not a public > domain name. > > > Best Regards > > -- > Paul Carew > Close Reach Communications Inc. > 8705 Shoal Creek Boulevard, > Suite 115 > Austin, Texas 78757 > P: 512-576-3030 > P: 888-576-3031 - toll free > F: 925-891-2873 > E: Paul.Carew( at )CloseReachCommunications.com > W: www.CloseReachCommunications.com > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* sajid saiyed <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Saturday, November 14, 2009 12:13 PM > *Subject:* Local testing > > Hi, > This is not somuch a question about iUI but more about how to get it > running and tested. > > I have an application I want to test on my iPhone before upploading it to > the web. > I am running Windows XP with XAMPP (Apache MySQL PHP setup) > > I can test the app locally using my locahost URL. > > But I am not able to browse my localhost from my iPhone (which is on the > same wireless router as my laptop). > > So, I tried to configure port-forwarding on my router. > I assigned my lan IP 192.xxx.xxx.xxx to forward requests to port 80. > > Still when I access my lan IP from iPhone, I cant get to the localhost. > > Any suggestions??? > > Thanks > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "iPhoneWebDev" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/iphonewebdev?hl=. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "iPhoneWebDev" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/iphonewebdev?hl=. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "iPhoneWebDev" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<iphonewebdev%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/iphonewebdev?hl=. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iPhoneWebDev" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/iphonewebdev?hl=.
