Trying to access localhost over LAN on mobile device :404 Error

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I'm trying to access my wampserver localhost through an Android device and iPod Touch over my LAN, and I keep getting a 404 error no matter what. Here's what I'm getting from my apache server access log:

192.168.1.81 - - [26/Nov/2013:23:51:42 -0800] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 404 198
192.168.1.81 - - [26/Nov/2013:23:53:12 -0800] "GET /install.txt HTTP/1.1" 404 209

Are you sure both are in the same LAN? – Seshu Vinay Nov 27 '13 at 08:02 — Seshu Vinay, Nov 27 '13 at 08:02

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 27 '13 at 22:31

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It turns out the problem was that I hadn't added

192.168.1.81 to my hosts file

answered Nov 27 '13 at 22:31

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Since when should the server add clients to its hosts file?!! – hgoebl Nov 28 '13 at 11:12

hgoebl · Answer 2 · 2013-11-27T08:14:47.573

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You'll get this error if you access /install.txt from the node of your webserver as well. The file doesn't exist or maybe is not readable by the webserver process. It has nothing to do with your iPod or Android device.

Open a browser on the machine of your webserver and try it.

edited Nov 27 '13 at 08:14

answered Nov 27 '13 at 08:03

hgoebl

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I can access this file from my webserver. – Andrew Sparrow Nov 27 '13 at 17:44
Then you have a problem with your Apache configuration. Which URL do you enter in your iPod? Enter the same URL in your Browser on the webserver. Then you can show us the Apache log, but please edit your question since it is too hard to read as comment. – hgoebl Nov 27 '13 at 21:20

Trying to access localhost over LAN on mobile device :404 Error

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