eddie21leeds Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 is it possible to access your local machine (localhost) from another machine for purpouses of demonstration? i.e. set up a wordpress site on my local machine, leave it on and then access it from somewhere else and have it display i am not talking about remote desktop. thanks. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/142765-solved-accessing-loclhost/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
trq Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 Yes it possible. Open port 80 on your router and type your ip address into the address bar. There are also services like dyndns which offer a free sub domain for this purpose. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/142765-solved-accessing-loclhost/#findComment-748332 Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie21leeds Posted January 28, 2009 Author Share Posted January 28, 2009 you mean type my ip into the address bar of the machine that is in another location? Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/142765-solved-accessing-loclhost/#findComment-748343 Share on other sites More sharing options...
trq Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 you mean type my ip into the address bar of the machine that is in another location? Yes. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/142765-solved-accessing-loclhost/#findComment-748376 Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie21leeds Posted January 28, 2009 Author Share Posted January 28, 2009 thanks! Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/142765-solved-accessing-loclhost/#findComment-748378 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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