Okay so I have instant rails running on my windows laptop, I thought if I have the mongrel server running (ruby script/server), then I should be able to access the application using my laptops external ip address. (Ex. 172.17.104.100:3000/fontpage) However, when I try it from my roommates computer I cannot access the app. Any suggestions? Thanks!
A:
If you're using an external IP address, you're going to need port 3000 (or whichever port the Mongrel is listening on) forwarded to that laptop, for starters.
I would highly recommend looking at a site like: http://portforward.com/
They have many tutorials for many different models of routers, as well as many different apps.
In essence though, if your roomate was on your LAN, and he used your LAN IP, he should be able to connect without the necessary port forwarding. Port forwarding should only affect outside requests being routed to your machine.
Robbie
2010-09-25 04:11:42