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My supervisor suggests using macports to install/manage different versions of apache and php, as well as both mysql and posgres databases. The idea is that we need to test our platform on different versions of each. So far I've just been using the default apache installation on osx lion, and the default postgres installation.
My question is this: once I turn Web Sharing off, and proceed with a custom apache2 setup based in /opt/local/, how do I broadcast my machine's IP to other devices, for testing? With Web Sharing, I can get my machine's IP and use that to test with an iPad and iPhone. Will that still be the case, and if so, how do I do it?
macpro@~ $: ifconfig
lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 16384
options=3<RXCSUM,TXCSUM>
inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000
inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128
gif0: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1280
stf0: flags=0<> mtu 1280
en0: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
options=2b<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_HWTAGGING,TSO4>
ether 3c:07:54:31:1a:e6
media: autoselect (none)
status: inactive
en1: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
ether b8:8d:12:20:9d:3e
inet6 fe80::ba8d:12ff:fe20:9d3e%en1 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x5
inet 10.0.0.4 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 10.0.0.255
media: autoselect
status: active
fw0: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 4078
lladdr a4:b1:97:ff:fe:56:af:e6
media: autoselect <full-duplex>
status: inactive
p2p0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 2304
ether 0a:8d:12:20:9d:3e
media: autoselect
status: inactive
Won't DNS still work to resolve your machine's name on the other machine? – HeatfanJohn – 2012-10-10T00:58:30.997
@HeatfanJohn What address am I entering in the browser to acces that? – brokenindexfinger – 2012-10-10T02:33:09.433
As @JourneyManGeek's answer says your IP address should be independent web sharing. You can use
ifconfig
from a terminal prompt to see your machine's IP address(es). – HeatfanJohn – 2012-10-10T04:00:05.297@HeatfanJohn I looked at ifconfig before making this post, and I don't see anything like http://192.168.x.x. What am I looking for?
– brokenindexfinger – 2012-10-10T04:47:20.657