remote access of web component

[poonam]

Hi every1

I am new to java EE . I have deployed my applications on Sun Java
System Application Server. I am able to access them through my
browser using the following URL

http://localhost:8080/web_context/alias_name

If I replace local host with my IP address , still it works fine

but when I try to access the applications through a different
computer , using

http://Ip address : 8080/web_context/alias_name

page can not be displayed message is there. Is there some other info
required . Does'nt IP address uniquely identify a client ? can any
one please help ...

Thanks in anticipation

 

[Lew]

Hi every1

I am new to java EE . I have deployed my applications on Sun Java
System Application Server. I am able to access them through my
browser using the following URL

http://localhost:8080/web_context/alias_name

If I replace local host with my IP address , still it works fine

Does your IP address begin with "192.168.1." by any chance?

but when I try to access the applications through a different
computer , using

http://Ip address : 8080/web_context/alias_name

When you say "different computer", are you on another computer within the same
LAN (i.e., on the same side of a firewall) or on a different subnet (i.e., on
the other side of a firewall)?

page can not be displayed message is there. Is there some other info
required . Does'nt IP address uniquely identify a client ? can any
one please help ...

IP addresses do not uniquely or reliably identify a client.

Conversely, a client can have more than one IP address.

If there is a firewall involved, the IP address as seen from outside the
firewall is different from that seen inside.

Whether you can even reach your server from outside the firewall is a matter
of whether the firewall lets connection attempts for port 8080 reach your server.

 

[Jacky]

you can try to request the url from you local computer :
http://Ip address : 8080/web_context/alias_name
If success,ping from another computer to your machine:
ping ip address.