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This is my configuration: 1. Ubuntu 14.04 LAMPP server (localhost). 2. WiFi Access Point on ubuntu server. 3. Android device connected to WiFi access point.

I can access localhost from android device by typing IP address of my localhost. How can I access just typing the name instead of IP address? (for example myserver directly in browser bar)?

torayeff
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localhost cannot be accessed over a network because the IP [127.0.0.1] is parsed before the NIC. To quote Wikipedia on localhost: "Such packets are never delivered to any network interface controller (NIC) or device driver, which permits testing of software in the absence of any hardware network interfaces."

[It is possible to give localhost a different IP address using the hosts file, which might be done for test purposes, but that would lead to issues if left in place.]

DrMoishe Pippik
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