As we all know that IPv4 address for localhost is 127.0.0.1 (loopback address). Actually, any IPv4 address in 127.0.0.0/8 is a loopback address. In IPv6, the direct analog of the loopback range is ::1/128. So ::1 (long form 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1) is the one and only IPv6 loopback address. While the hostname localhost will normally resolve to … Read more
To get Fiddler to capture traffic when you are debugging on local host, after you hit F5 to begin degugging change the address so that localhost has a “.” after it. For instance, you start debugging and the you have the following URL in the Address bar: http://localhost:49573/Default.aspx Change it to: http://localhost.:49573/Default.aspx Hit enter and … Read more
There are a couple of good free services that let you do the same. Ideal for showing something quickly during development/testing: http://localtunnel.me/ https://ngrok.com/ http://localhost.run/ Cloudflare Tunnel Edits: add ngrok service add localhost.run service 04/22 – add CloudFlare Tunnel
Update The original answer is no longer correct. The developer’s guide now states: “If you would like to use “localhost” for development, you must add it to the list of domains.” This will only work if you access localhost using 127.0.0.1/… rather than localhost/…. The original answer is preserved below. According to the reCAPTCHA Developer’s … Read more
Googling turned this up: http://data.agaric.com/localhost-from-virtualbox-xp-install-ubuntu It suggests using IP: http://10.0.2.2, and it worked for me. So, I edited the hosts file, C:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts, and added this entry: 10.0.2.2 outer If you’re testing on IE8, remember to put http:// in the address bar. Just putting the ip directly will not work. For example: http://10.0.2.2:3000/
That’s definitely possible. We’ll take a general case with Apache here. Let’s say you’re a big Symfony2 fan and you would like to access your symfony website at http://symfony.local/ from 4 different computers (the main one hosting your website, as well as a Mac, a Windows and a Linux distro connected (wireless or not) to … Read more