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Why is xip io needed when I can access the IP directly?

xip.io welcome screens says this : 10.0.0.1.xip.io resolves to 10.0.0.1 Why do we need to go through xip io when I can directly use the IP? Is it used to access servers by domain name instead of IP?
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Can't seem to access .xip.io URL from my iPhone when running Rails app with Pow

I've tried accessing my Rails app running with Pow (4.3) from my iPhone 5 but I'm running into issues... If I type my_app.192.168.2.11.xip.io: it runs OK on my development machine (i.e. the machine with the 192.168.2.11 LAN address) it doesn't find…
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How configure Homestead and xip.io?

I want to access from other devices (iphone, android device, etc) to my sites on homestead in my machine. My machine and all device are on same network. I want to use http://xip.io but I could not confgure it. My ip machine is 192.168.0.12 The ip…
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Accessing virtual hosts from other computers – xip.io alternative

Sometimes you need to access your (Pow) virtual hosts from another computer on your local network — for example, when testing your application on a mobile device or from a Windows or Linux VM. So far I've been using pow and xip.io seems to be the…
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working with nginx and xip.io causing redirect issue

SO I am testing out an app doing oauth with google. Don't have a domain for them yet but I can somewhat get it to work with xip.io. I'd like to see if I can use Nginx to direct and redirect traffic from xip.io. Right Now the test works but I…
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Local device testing issues with xip.io

Related to the unresolved question at xip.io with MAMP Pro doesn't work This is a real head-scratcher with not much supporting documentation online. After 7 hours of fruitless research, I'm turning to you guys. Please help! The goal: locally test…
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Laravel Homestead, Can't Get Xip.io To Work?

I have tried googling and come up with nothing. I have followed the instructions on setting up my host's file and the Homestead.yaml file. I am on a new Mac and want to set up Laravel Homestead? Here is my hosts file: 192.168.10.10 …
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How to use xip?

I'm trying to use xip in order for google authentication to recognize my ip address. However, when I tell google my "URL" is http://54.111.22.444.xip.io:8080, it doesn't recognize it. Is there something else to be done?
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MAMP PRO XIP.IO Points to the Wrong Document Root

I am trying to share a development site over the LAN using MAMP PRO and xip.io. My issue is that any new virtual host added points to the localhost root directory and not the virtualhost directory. So when I try and share test.local, I see the page…
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Trying to get a website on my Homestead VM running on Phones locally

i have a website i'm developing in Laravel running on a Homestead VM, and i'd like to be able to see it on both my and one of my colleague's phones when i'm trying to design the responsive Mobile parts of it. I'm trying to use xip.io to achieve…
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What should I use if xip.io is not an option in local install of Openshift?

The Openshift 'all-in-one' Vagrant box uses xip.io. The security team at my company has relayed to us that using 'xip.io' for a wildcard DNS could cause some security concerns. So given that 'xip.io' is not an option, how can I get this set up?
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Chrome error: -105 (ERR_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED) xip.io

I frequently use xip.io to access local vagrant created VMs in VirtualBox on Windows 10. These are typically unroutable IPs, like this: http://examplephpsite.192.168.76.10.xip.io/ More and more frequently Chrome is getting a DNS error that prevents…
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MAMP Pro running multiple hosts through to xip.io only resolving to one host

I'm using MAMP Pro v3.5 for local development. I have multiple dev sites running successfully without a problem. When it came to testing a site on my phone, I used the out of the both 'Name resolution [x] via Xip.io (LAN only)' option under the…
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Apache + Laravel Projects with xip.io

I have 2 laravel projects with the vhost ServerName project1.local ServerAlias project1.*.xip.io DocumentRoot "/var/www/project1" ServerName project2.local ServerAlias…
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Can't connect to local rails API from iOS native app

I have an iOS native app. I have an API developed in Rails (4.1.4), which lives at : http://api.myapp.local:5000. I have configured my /etc/hosts to do my basic API / web development, no problem everything work perfectly. My problem is that I want…
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