Can't seem to access .xip.io URL from my iPhone when running Rails app with Pow
iphone, lan, rack-pow, ruby-on-rails, xip.io
Solution
Thanks to this post, I configured my ASUS RT-N56U router to use Google's DNS addresses (i.e. `8.8.8.8`) and it works fine now.
Edit: If you are connected via Wifi router, then you need to enable port forwarding to forward a certain port (like 8080) to your laptop.
Problem
I've tried accessing my Rails app running with Pow (4.3) from my iPhone 5 but I'm running into issues... If I type `my_app.192.168.2.11.xip.io`: - it runs OK on my development machine (i.e. the machine with the `192.168.2.11` LAN address) - it doesn't find the host on my iPhone Of course, the 2 machines are on the same LAN and I tried to access my router's administration web server from my iPhone: - `192.168.2.1` works: I get to my router's admin web server just fine. - `192.168.2.1.xip.io` doesn't work! "The host couldn't be found." Is there anything special to set up for .xip.io addresses to be resolved properly on the iPhone? EDIT: I'm working in a café with internet sharing via my iPhone's 4G network. Now .xip.io IP work on my phone. It should have something to do with my LAN configuration then. I have an ASUS router.