Open the localhost website from a server pc - server

This might be an easy question, but I am not familiar with these stuff.
Basically I have a server pc that I connect through my pc, and there is this webpage http://localhost:8080/. I can only access this address when I log in my server pc. Now I wanted to know how I can access this webpage in my pc (without having to remotely connect to my server pc). Any help will be appreciated.

you can access to your website (if your web server accept external requests) by type this code to your browser address bar from your pc:
<server ip>:8080
replace
<server ip>
with your server ip like this:
192.168.1.10:8080

Okay, so quick networking 101, localhost is a hostname that maps to the IP address of of 127.0.0.1 and these point to the local machine, i.e. your server.
In order to access that page within the same network, you'll need an external IP address. So say you're in the network of 192.168.1.0/24 and the server is on IP address 192.168.1.100. So in order to access your stuff from another machine, simply replace localhost with that IP and it should work. If not, you've got firewall issues, and those are another topic.

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Can't find which port to use in port forwarding

I have a webserver with different IP address from my LAN.
webserver - 133.3.33.166
internal network ip (local host) - 192.168.1.10 (xampp)
I need to run an app online hosted in my localhost. Currently I am using ngrok link inside an HTML iframe tag in my webserver to access those apps inside my local server. After I installed SSL in my webserver, apps can not be access anymore. No error messages, only a blank white page in my browser.
I need to find what port I should use for port forwarding if it is possible. Thanks.
Tried some ports I found using netsh -ab. PLease help.

Can't connect to my webserver from external source

I am having problems connecting to my website from a source outside my local network. I had another server before running the same site. The only difference is the old one was FreeBSD and now I'm trying it on Linux.
Here is my setup: I'm using Apache2. The server is behind a Netgear router. I'm using a Freedns host name. I have ddclient updating my ip.
Here is what happens: I can look at my site from the server in Chrome or my phone connected to the local wifi. It works using either the host name or ip address. It does not load from my cell phone or from my desktop using a proxy for either the host name or the ip address (the external one from googling my ip and from the router's wan info page). When I try the proxy with the host name I get "conection timed out" error, and when I try the ip address I get "couldn't connect to host error".
Here is what I've tried: I enabled port forwarding to the server from and to port 80 to my lan ip address. I disabled the firewall on the server. I double checked that the host name is directed to the right ip address. I ensured that the ip address does indeed point to my router. I've watched wireshark on my server while trying to connect and don't see any incoming requests when I try to load it from my phone.
It seems like maybe my port forwarding isn't working, but on my router it says that that port forwarding rule is active.
I'm out of ideas as to why what else could be going wrong.

Connect Local Host from Web Service

I have a Laptop, with msSql sever 2005, and it is connected to my Wifi router which gets the internet. So My laptop get connected to internet. But I need to access my msSql Sever from internet to connect my webpage which I made using ASP.Net.
Please Help me... And please give a solution for this...
You'll need your IP adress to connect, then open the SQL-Port in your router. (default is 3306)
When you connect to the server just use your current ip adress.
Maybe you want a static ip or something like http://dyndns.org
you want to write web service and host that service in sql machine
First setup a static IP address on your laptop and after that you need to set up port forwarding in your router. This process differs slightly depending on your routers manufacturer and model.
After this is set up properly make sure that SQL Servers port is open on your laptops firewall.
By using Dynamic DNS you can point to your possibly changing IP address with static name so you don't have to change this constantly in your connection string.

Connecting to Local Web Server when I am Outside my LAN

I have a web server running out of my home. I have assigned it an address such as 192.168.1.123 on port 80.
I understand that this is running on my local network. If I go to another computer on my network and type in the server's ip address, I can see the server.
Is there a way to access this server from outside my LAN?
Yes, you need to set your router to forward connections to port 80 to your internal IP address (192.168.1.123). Look for Port Forwarding on your router admin screen which I would imagine you access by going to http://192.168.1.1
Keep in mind that your ISP may block port 80 completely in which case you can run your web server on a different port (for example por 8180) and have your router forward connections to port 8180 to your internal IP.
To access your server from outside, you just need to point your browser to your external IP address which you can find out by going to http://www.ipchicken.com
Assuming you have a connection to the internet:
https://github.com/progrium/localtunnel
is a quick way to access your local server from the internet. There might be similar implementations in other languages/platforms. This is just the one I know about.
Remember that security issues need to be carefully considered when opening your local network to the world.
If you use a PHP Webserver you can set it this way:
php -S <YourIPAdresse>:<SomePortNumber> <StartPHPpage>
Example: „php -S 192.168.1.123:9000 index.php"

Mobile App Connecting to my local web server

Looking for assistance on why I can access my local web server when I'm on my wireless network but not from my mobile phone (when not connected to wifi). I have tried using dyndns, wan ip, regular ip address but I can't see to grasp what I should be doing. I have my MAMP server running and php on 8888 for which the appropriate php file runs successfully when I'm logged into my network. I'm just trying to access this now from the public domain and I'm not sure what i need to do.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!!
Thanks,
Dan
You need to get your router to forward the external requests to the correct internal computer & port.
I.e. any external requests to port 8888 should be forwarded to your computer's IP address on port 8888. Most routers will have this option in the admin panel somewhere.
[EDIT]
This website might be able to help - http://portforward.com/english/routers/port_forwarding/routerindex.htm