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how do I get 0.0.0.0 to resolve to localhost when browsing a url that contains 0.0.0.0?

Doing some node development on windows. Node programs like to kick out URLs that look like http://0.0.0.0:8080. In Linux (iirc) pasting that url into the browser will be successful. But in Windows, ...
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How can I redirect “localhost” to another local IP?

This is my situation: Two computer under the same router, 192.168.1.101 and 192.168.1.102 This is what I like to do: On 192.168.1.101, while accessing port 22 with localhost, it directs the traffic ...
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Why is there a difference between ping “localhost” and ping “local IP address”?

Using cmd and ping on Windows gave me the following results: Pinging "localhost": Pinging "192.168.0.10" (local IP address): Aren't both situations exactly the same? I mean, I'm pinging ...
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Connect to {MACHINENAME} from iPad

I have a website in development running under IIS 7.5 on a Windows 7 machine. From my PC, I can browse to the site via: http://localhost/mysite http://mymachinename/mysite ...
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Adding localhost entry to Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts file with port number

I have set up a local site under IIS 7.5 under port 900. to access it I should type localhost:900 in the address bar. I'm a little bit familiar with the System32\Drivers\etc\hosts file and I know I ...
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Opera doesn't recognize 0.0.0.0 as localhost. Is this behaviour standard-conform?

Opera (version 10.10) under Linux (don't know about other OSes) does not recognize http://0.0.0.0/ as local address (http://127.0.0.1/) , while Firefox does. What is the difference between these ...
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make localhost to be seen by other ip

I have installed XAMPP server (and it works fine), but I want to show to somebody what i'm working on, so is there any software that allows anyone to enter my IP and see my local server server ...
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How can I specify IP and ports for a hostname in the Windows hosts file?

I want to specify host names with two different ports in the Windows hosts file. Is there a way to do it? Or is it not allowed by Windows itself? I have been wasting my time searching for the ...