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Is there any way to access GAE dev app server in the local network?

If I access my web site via http://localhost:8080 from the same Win 7 PC, where server is running, then it works well. If I try to access that from another PC (with usage of my internal PC's ip http://192.168.1.98:8080), then it doesn't work.…
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Error when trying to access XAMPP from a network

I get following error when trying to access Xampp from a network I've tried but does not get any idea how to resolve it. Any help??I really confused Access Forbidden : Access to the requested Object is only available from the local network. This…
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How to start a local network connection programmatically via Wi-Fi hotspot on Android?

I want to start a local network connection using the built-in Wi-Fi hotspot on Android devices. Is there a way to accomplish it? And how to communicate between two devices? EDIT: I want to do it programmatically. Then I can transfer my own data…
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Can a Progressive Web App work with devices on a local Network?

I have multiple devices on my local network each running a webserver. This web server simply displays a UI to interact with the device. There can be any number of these available and they can be used with multiple different networks. Because of the…
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Cannot access sinatra app through the local network

I have rails application. If I start it with rails s (port 3000), it works perfectly both on my machine and every device on my local network via the ip address (192.168.0.3 in my case). I have sinatra application. If I start it with ruby app.rb…
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Why not use MAC addresses instead of Local IPs?

In similar questions, the question that has been answered is: why do we need both MAC and IP addresses on the internet? They are both addresses. Why can't one just be used to describe a device? The answer is along the lines of: The two…
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Using Apache to host websites on local network

I currently use Apache on my machine to test PHP websites locally. I was just wondering how I can allow computers connected to my local network to access the website hosted on my local machine.
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React Native - connect to PostgreSQL database

I would like to connect with React Native to an external database, like PostgreSQL, MySQL or what ever. Is this possible? But first let me tell you something about my plan: I will develop my application for multiple installations (multiple devices…
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How to get local ip address python?

There's a code I found in internet that says it gives my machines local network IP address: hostname = socket.gethostname() local_ip = socket.gethostbyname(hostname) but the IP it returns is 192.168.94.2 but my IP address in WIFI network is…
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Progressive Web App in different devices on local network

We are starting to develop a Web App that can work in different devices and still be connected between them even if there is no internet connection, but a working local network. We need to send notifications between devices in the same local network…
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How to share data over local network with electron / express application?

I have an electron application that runs with express. I would like to be able to share data between users when they are both 'online' in the local network. I have looked into different peer to peer tools such as peerjs and simple-peer but I have…
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How can one setup a version control system on a local network, without a server?

Edit: Ok so I learned that I guess I need an distributed source control, however are there any UI based ones, and do they allow you to merge with other users on the network? This is kind of a two part question, so here it goes. I want to start…
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How can I pass host IP address to Docker Compose file?

I am building an application using docker-compose (file 1) and I was wondering how I could communicate the host IP address to the docker-compose file. The application is composed of a db, a frontend and a backend. The aim of it is that I want to…
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Express js - Downloading static file from expressjs server on local network is slow as internet bandwith

I created a express.js server and serve static files through it. But when try to download these files from another computer in the local network it is very slow (my internet bandwidth is 35 Mbps and it also downloads at 35 Mbps) however when I don't…
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How can I access my nodejs-express localhost server from another computer in the same network?

I have tried this and this answers but I still cannot access my local host from another computer in the same network using express server. I am running my express server from a windows 10 machine, I cannot access it when I type in my ip-address. I…
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