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Local Area Network (LAN)

First, let's check if your local internal ip is opening and responding:

Local IP Address

Finding your computer's local ip address inside a Local Area Network, you are connected to.

  1. Open cmd.exe - Command Prompt
  2. Type ipconfig into the Command Prompt
  3. Search for local ip address of your computer:
    • IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.106
    • 192.168.0.106 - is the local ip address of your computer in the Local Area Network

Testing Local IP Address

  1. Open cmd.exe - Command Prompt
  2. Type ping 192.168.0.106 into the Command Prompt
[The positive output should look like this]

C:\Users\boqsc>ping 192.168.0.106

Pinging 192.168.0.106 with 32 bytes of data: Reply from 192.168.0.106: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128 Reply from 192.168.0.106: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128 Reply from 192.168.0.106: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128 Reply from 192.168.0.106: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Ping statistics for 192.168.0.106: Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss), Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds: Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms

Testing if HTTP (80) Port is not blocked by Windows Firewall

  1. Open cmd.exe - Command Prompt
  2. Type explorer "http://192.168.0.106" into the Command Prompt
    (Paste this local ip adress address into any Web Browser.)

Wide Area Network (WAN)

Public IP Address

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