Localhost:3000 using IE on parallels

rubyonrails-talk
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Hey Guys,

I am at my wits end over this issue.

I have a rails app up and running using WEBrick on localhost:3000 from my mac, everything is fine.

I would like to test my app in IE, so i am running parallels. To access localhost from IE on the virtual machine, i use MYCOMPUTERNAME.local in the address bar of IE. This serves up the "it works!" page no problem. However, when i specify port 3000, i keep getting "internet explorer cannot display webpage".

MYCOMPUTERNAME.local:3000

I have also tried using the information i get from the command window on my virtual machine after doing ipconfig.

IPv4 address - 10.211.55.3 Default gateway - 10.211.55.1

If i use 10.211.55.2 i get the "it works!" page, if i add :3000 i get nothing.

This is driving me crazy, any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Bobby

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Hej Bobby,

try to add “http://” to the url.

this is a weird issue in ie it cuts the http somehow if you specify a port.

best,

sebastian

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Hey Sebastian,

I already had "http://" in the URL. I just double checked again and still no joy?

Thanks,

Bobby

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Hey Sebastian,

I already had "http://" in the URL. I just double checked again and still no joy?

It depends on how exactly parallels does its virtual networking stuff, but you might want to check that your app isn't just bound to localhost and that you haven't got any firewall shenanigans going on

Fred

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+1

I'm not familiar with Parallels, but Virtualbox has similar issues. When I set up a new VM, I need to ensure the networking is set to "bridged" rather than "NAT". If it's on NAT, the VM can get out, but nothing can get in.