Map ip address to localhost

Question

I have a website running on my mac on mamp at localhost:8888. On another mac on my wifi I can view the website, using

http://192.168.X.X:8888

(where X's are my computer's ip address). Except, I can view the html, but not any of the images as it is looking for them at

http://192.168.X.X:8888/images

rather than

http://localhost:8888/images

Is there a way to write http://localhost:8888 and actually be directed to http://192.168.X.X:8888 ? Thanks

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 23 '13 at 22:37

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edit /etc/hosts and change the line

127.0.0.1   localhost

to

192.168.X.X localhost

That said, this is a horrible idea and will likely break things, but it can be done.

answered Jan 23 '13 at 22:37

R. S.

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