Re: Access laptop from iPad

2012-05-20 Thread Jason Durham
In most cases in typical home networks, all you need to do is configure the firewall(s) on the computer acting as a web server. On May 20, 2012 12:47 PM, Andrew Grosset rushg...@yahoo.com wrote: I have Railo, mysql etc running on my laptop which I access using the url: http://127.0.0.1:

Re: Access laptop from iPad

2012-05-20 Thread Matt Quackenbush
Replace 127.0.0.1 with the network IP of your laptop. Sent from my Samsung Galaxy SII On May 20, 2012 12:47 PM, Andrew Grosset rushg...@yahoo.com wrote: I have Railo, mysql etc running on my laptop which I access using the url: http://127.0.0.1: (using a home wireless network) I would

Re: Access laptop from iPad

2012-05-20 Thread Wil Genovese
You can't access the address 127.0.0.1 from ANY other machine. that is the reserved LOCALHOST or home address of every networked device. You need to configure another IP address such as something in the 192.168.nnn.nnn or 10.0.0.nnn range. Your router will tell you what IP address range you

Re: Access laptop from iPad

2012-05-20 Thread Jason Durham
BTW, you won't be able to use the exact same URL as what you provided. You'll want to set a static IP (or DHCP reservation) for the web server and use that IP for the URL. On May 20, 2012 12:50 PM, Jason Durham jqdur...@gmail.com wrote: In most cases in typical home networks, all you need to do

Re: Access laptop from iPad

2012-05-20 Thread Russ Michaels
Andrew, 127.0.0.1 is a special address also known as localhost and refers only to the computer you are currently using, in other words it is the computers internal address for itself. so if you use 127.0.0.1 or localhost from any other computer , it also will just be looking at itself. If you

RE: Access laptop from iPad

2012-05-20 Thread Pierre Demester
You cannot use the 127 ip. That is only for the localhost (your laptop). You have to you a 192 ip. Access your router admin screen. It will tell you what base ip is: ie: 192.168.0.x, 192.168.1.x... will vary depending on your router. I think d-link uses 192.168.0.x while Linksys uses

Re: Access laptop from iPad

2012-05-20 Thread Andrew Grosset
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