Viewing localhost website from mobile device

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I have an ASP Net website hosted on my Win8 s localhost  the site seems to be running as expected on the desktop  but now i also want to test the site website on mobile device to check how it renders Is there anyway i can access the website from my mobile device My Mobile Device and Desktop Machine are connected to the same Network via Router  Here are the details of my machine and router    Machine has Win8 Pro Installed running IIS 8 0 9200 16384 Router is TP-Link Basic 150Mbps  Device is Karbonn A15  Android - 4 0 4  ICS    Can anyone tell me how can i connect my mobile device to localhost website

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Here is how I managed to make it work for VS 2015 on Windows 10 pro using following steps. It works for both http and https websites. (below example assumes your ip address is 192.168.1.15 and your port number is 12345)

Open project config file at /{project folder}/.vs/config/applicationhost.config and add a new binding address inside <binding> section as shown below (a binding for localhost is already there, just copy/paste the same line and replace localhost with your IP address)

    <bindings>     
       <binding protocol="http" bindingInformation="*:12345:localhost" />          
       <binding protocol="http" bindingInformation="*:12345:192.168.1.15" />  
    </bindings>

Open Command Prompt window as administrator and run the following command.

    netsh http add urlacl url=http://192.168.1.15:12345/ user=everyone

Open "Windows Defender Firewall and Advanced Security" select "Inbound Rules" click "New Rule..." select "Port" then add TCP port 12345 and click next to finish the process.
Right-click on Visual Studio shortcut and select "Run as administrator", then open your project and press Ctrl+F5 to open the website.
Inside browser address bar, replace localhost with 192.168.1.15 and hit enter to reload your website with the new address. Now you should also be able to access the website from your mobile browser using the same address as long as it's connected to the same wifi.

If it doesn't work, make sure visual studio is run as administrator. (step 4)

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Use Conveyor by Keyoti  extensi  n de Visual Studio   Extension visual studio

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First of all open applicationhost config file in visual studio  address  C  Users Your User Name Documents IISExpress config applicationhost config  Then find this codes    lt site name  Your Site Name  id  24  gt           lt application path     applicationPool  Clr4IntegratedAppPool           lt virtualDirectory path     physicalPath  C  Users Your User         Name Documents Visual Studio 2013 Projects Your Site Name    gt           lt  application gt            lt bindings gt                    lt binding protocol  http  bindingInformation    Port Number      gt            lt  bindings gt      lt  site gt      Port Number While your site running in IIS express on your computer  port number will visible in address bar of your browser like this  localhost port number     When edit this file save it   In the Second step you must run cmd as administrator and type this code   netsh http add urlacl url http     port Number  user everyone and press enter  In Third step you must Enable port on firewall  Go to the    Control Panel System and Security Windows Firewall     Click    Advanced settings     Select    Inbound Rules     Click on    New Rule        button  Select    Port     click    Next     Fill your IIS Express listening port number  click    Next     Select    Allow the connection     click    Next     Check where you would like allow connection to IIS Express  Domain Private  Public   click    Next     Fill rule name  e g    IIS Express   click    Finish      I hopeful this answer be useful for you  Update for Visual Studio 2015 in this link  https   johan driessen se posts Accessing-an-IIS-Express-site-from-a-remote-computer

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In additional you should disable your antivirus or manage it to open 80 port on your system

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To view localhost website from mobile device you have to follow thoses steps     In your computer  you have to retrieve your IP address  Run   cmd   ipconfig  If your localhost use a specific port  like localhost 12345    you have to open the port on your computer  Control Panel   System and Security   Firewall   Advanced settings and add Inbound rule  Finally  you can access to your website from mobile device by navigate to   http   192 168 X X 12345    Hope it helps

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Another option is http   localtunnel me  if you re running NodeJS  npm install -g localtunnel   Start a webserver on any local port such as 8080  and create a tunnel to that port   lt -p 8080   which will return a public URL for your localhost at randomname localtunnel me  You can request your own subdomain if it s available   lt -p 8080 -s myname   which will return myname localtunnel me

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You can solve the problem by downloading the  conveyor  library from extensions and update in Visual Studio    You can access it from other devices    Open Visual Studio Tools   Extensions and Updates Online   Visual Studio Marketplace  Search  Conveyor   Download and install this extension    When you launch the API  you can access it from other devices  This plugin creates a link from your own ip address   Example  https   youripadress 5000 api values

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A very simple way    Go to CMD and type the following without     and choose a name as your HotspotName and a password as your HotspotPassword     netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode HotspotName key HotspotPassword    netsh wlan start hostednetwork Connect your phone to the WiFi and explore its network info  get Gateway address it s kinda like IP address  Enter the Gateway address into Chrome URL bar and you re good

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Know your host ip address on your lan Open cmd and type ipconfig and the if xampp the default listen port would be 80 Then for instance if 10 0 0 5 is your host ip address Type 10 0 0 5 80 from your mobile s web browser Make sure that both are connected to the same LAN However the default port that webaddress tries is 80

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Try this https   ngrok com docs expose  Just run ngrok 3000   3000 is the port number you want to expose to the internet  You can insert the port number which you want to expose  for rails its 3000  This will tunnel your localhost to the internet and you will be able to view your local host from anywhere

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One of the easiest way to remotely access ASP net local website  without messing with adding new rules to firewall  is to use this Visual Studio extension   Conveyor by Keyoti  Visual Studio extension   Just install it  Every time when you run your project  it will show you URL which can be used for remote access  No other configruration required

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