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Local server can't be seen on Android or iOS, but can on any Linux device

192.168.x.x:1500

So I have a small local server running a website. It’s not public facing at all, has a static IP address on my WiFi LAN and can be accessed by any Linux machine. I can’t see it on any iPhone or Android device though

I’ve looked up tutorials on line, ensured my firewalls allow local sharing on the WiFi, double checked I can even ping the server successfully with nmap on Android

Any tips?

::edit:: typo in post, not when searching for IP on LAN

bjoern_tantau ,
@bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de avatar

Have you tried different browsers? You should also enter the full URL sometimes they’re a bit stupid nowadays. So http://192.168.x.x:1500/

Maybe the browsers bring their own VPN. Some process all traffic to make it more “mobile friendly”. Or they have some other kind of proxy.

Deckweiss ,

I had some similar symptoms on a Fritzbox router, because by default the devices connected over wifi were unable to communicate with those connected by cable. Some routers also had this setting for the different wifi bands, 2.4G & 5G.

But I don’t think you’d be able to ping it if this were the case.

Check yoyr router settings anyway, maybe you’ll find something there.

SergeantSushi ,

Some possibilities:

  1. WiFi has host isolation is enabled
  2. The network you’re connecting from is a guest wifi network
  3. You configured a firewall rule to isolate WiFi from LAN
  4. VLAN is enabled
hungover_pilot ,

Are you sure you are typing the address in correctly on android/ios? 198.162.x.x isnt part of private IP space.

atzanteol ,

Dunnon about iOS but some Android phones have a “network protection” config which uses a Google VPN, so it tends to block viewing the local network.

possiblylinux127 ,

My guess is that you are making a typo. Like others have said 192.162.x.x is a public IP. You probably want something like 192.168.x.x which probably is more like 192.168.1.1/24 with the last 1 being its own number

zelifcam , (edited )
@zelifcam@lemmy.world avatar

Your network is probably configured with inconsistent subnets / netmasks. iOS / Android are on WiFi and getting a different subnet/netmask than your severs.

Edit: What does pinging the server with nmap mean? Are you checking open ports or pinging the server? That doesn’t make sense or at least leaves us with more questions with the way you worded that. Although the nmap utility can provide both of those answers, I’m not sure that’s what you meant. Technically nmap and ping are two different tools.

Finadil ,

Also check to make sure the mobile browsers aren’t set to HTTPS only, or at least have an exception for that ip. I’ve seen that before several times.

Decronym Bot , (edited )

Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:

Fewer Letters More Letters
HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the Web
HTTPS HTTP over SSL
IP Internet Protocol
SSL Secure Sockets Layer, for transparent encryption
VPN Virtual Private Network

4 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 9 acronyms.

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bizdelnick ,

What error you get exactly?

manuel2258 ,

Disable your mobile network and try again. I had the very similar issue where it would always fallback to the mobile network for local IPs although WiFi was connected and in the same subnet

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