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I am trying to test my website on my iphone and ipad over my local wifi network connection. I am on windows 10 and this computer is connected via Ethernet. I have typed in my host machines ip and even created an inbound rule to no avail. I have looked at many examples such as this one enter link description here. I simply get an error message on my iphone "safari cannot open the page because it could not connect to the server." Any advice?

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I would do the following:

  1. Find out the IP of the machine which hosts the website (ipconfig)
  2. Identify on which port the website listens (usually 80)
  3. Ping the server from another host and see it's successful
  4. Still on the other host - run tcping to the desired port to see if it's open. You can download tcping from here - TCPing download
  5. If it's all good and it's still not working maybe try to use another port
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  • How can I identify which port the website listens? It's not a website on a server somewhere. Just on my local machine. It's website I am building. – Ritchie Shatter Aug 04 '16 at 07:31
  • Even if it's a local machine it still needs a port, that's how it works. Try running netstat -a | FIND "LISTENING" command from command prompt (start --> run -->cmd) to see your open ports. see [How to read NETSTAT](https://sites.google.com/site/xiangyangsite/home/technical-tips/linux-unix/networks-related-commands-on-linux/how-to-read-netstat--an-results) for more info. – Tomer Petel Aug 04 '16 at 07:35
  • Ok so I need the port my computer is using? If so where do find that information? Thanks. – Ritchie Shatter Aug 04 '16 at 07:37
  • Usually it's port 80, depends on the web server port that runs on your computer. Try to look for open ports using netstat (look at the comment above). – Tomer Petel Aug 04 '16 at 14:16
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  1. Check if your computer and iPhone are on the same subnet. Are they connected to the same router? Look in the network configuration settings and do they have the IPs with the same subnet? (192.168.4.2 and 192.168.4.6 share the subnet 192.168.4 while 192.168.5.3 and 192.168.6.7 do not).

  2. Is it possible for your computer to access the website locally? That is to say, type http://localhost:port in the Safari to check if website works.

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  • yeah sorry I have no idea how to check if my iphone and computer are on the same subnet. I am simply trying to view the website that is located on my computer from my iphone. Both are on the same network. I want to do this so I can see what the website looks like on a mobile device. I have zero networking knowledge. – Ritchie Shatter Aug 04 '16 at 07:30
  • ok I figured it out. Yes they are on the same subnet and on the same router. – Ritchie Shatter Aug 04 '16 at 07:34