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Local server can't be seen on Android or iOS, but can on any Linux device (reddthat.com)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/selfhosted

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192.168.x.x:1500

So I have a small local server running a website. It's not public facing at all, has a static IP address on my WiFi LAN and can be accessed by any Linux machine. I can't see it on any iPhone or Android device though

I've looked up tutorials on line, ensured my firewalls allow local sharing on the WiFi, double checked I can even ping the server successfully with nmap on Android

Any tips?

::edit:: typo in post, not when searching for IP on LAN

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

I have a very similar issue. Seems like Android will bypass your DNS resolver and thus cannot resolve your local names.

I have my home services on "home.my domain.com" accessible from outside and re-mapped to "192.168.0.1" (my internal server IP) at home, and all PCs can access it while all android phones can only resolve to the public IP.

I feel it's something related to DoT or similar but haven't yet dig in that.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago

Interesting, thanks for the info