[GRLUG] hostnames etc

[John-Thomas Richards]

On Sun, Mar 23, 2014 at 11:38:50AM -0400, Topher wrote:
> My desktop's hostname is sheldon.  I'm running Plex on it, so locally I
> can access that with http://localhost:32400/web
> 
> I'd like to be able to access it from other machines in my house, on my
> network, at http://sheldon:32400/web/

Do you need to use a hostname (sheldon) rather than the IP address?

> What do I need to do to make that happen?  Is that in the router?
> 
> Sheldon also has 2 IP addresses, because it's on 2 networks.  I'd like
> it to work no matter which network my other device is on.

I did nothing to make it happen on my Plex server and I can access it
remotely. Then again, my server only has one address.
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john-thomas
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