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Asked: 2026-05-24T04:20:30+00:00

I want to show a friend something I wrote in Node.js. In order to

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I want to show a friend something I wrote in Node.js.
In order to do so I must run a local machine but I can’t get it to work out of 127.0.0.1.

I am trying to run: server.listen(8000, '123.123.123.123'); (with my real IP of course) and I get “Error: listen EADDRNOTAVAIL”.

It does work via 127.0.0.1:8000 when I execute: server.listen(8000);.
When I try to access 123.123.123.123:8000 after doing that firefox is “unable to connect”.

Any ideas?

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  1. Editorial Team

    One simple solution is to use a port forwarding tool. Here are three:

    • proxylocal is free and open source.
    • showoff.io has a nice design and really cheap day passes.
    • pagekite bills based on data usage and has a generous trial.

    To make your above example work with showoff.io, you would need to have a ruby environment and a showoff.io account and type:

    > gem install showoff-io
> show 8000

share this URL: 
https://youraccountname.showoff.io

    (It would ask for your password after typing show 8000.)

    Then your friend could visit the URL showoff gives you.

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