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I create a node.js server and set it up. It's listening to a port. I can access it through localhost or by other devices on the network. Is it possible to access my server by my external ip? Or do I have to find a hosting service to do it for me.

I am able to access the external ip by pinging it, but when I put it up in chrome, it searches for the ip and returns:

Your search - - did not match any documents.

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  • Have you tried using `http://` in front of the ip? Like this: `http://192.168.1.101` There's really no way for us to know how to answer your question without knowing anything about your network. You might need port forwarding. What port is node listening on? – Randy Aug 12 '15 at 03:06
  • I used http://. I also listen to ports 80, 8080, and 5555. – dhess Aug 12 '15 at 12:18

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Yes, the NodeJS was made for that. If you can't access it it's probably a firewall problem.

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The problem, I found, was that I didn't put the brackets around the ip. It took me a long time to figure out I needed to do this.

How do ports work with IPv6? Answer on how ot search for ipv6 addresses.[1]

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