CODEWITHSUNDEEP
androidapachenetwork-programmingconnectionlocal
souki
souki

Reputation: 1385

Connect Android phone to local server

I am trying to connect my phone (android) to my local server (apache) running on Ubuntu. What I did is that I typed ifconfig in a terminal, got the local IP address of my computer and typed it on my phone's navigator. Unfortunatly my phone seems to find my server but is not able to connect to it, and times out. I have tried to disable my firewall but it didn't work either.

Do you have any idea why? How can I get my phone to connect my apache server?

Thanks in advance.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 643

Answers (1)

John W
John W

Reputation: 11

You have the ip address of your server but are you using the correct port to connect to it from your phone? Your apache server may not be setup to host on the default 80 port (check the httpd.conf file).

Also - Don't disable your firewall but you can open the port your server is hosting on (maybe port 80 by default ?). You can also use Wireshark or some packet capturing software to see if the request is making it to your server and how your server is replying.

Upvotes: 1

Related Questions