Want to test local server website on iPad - ipad

I have a issue. I have a website which is run via VMware. My website server is in VMware and after starting VMware I can access website on my desktop browser. Now I want to test same website on iPad and tablets. So is there anyway I can bridge between these two connection. My iPad uses wifi of same network with desktop. Please suggest if anyone has solution for this.

Use bridged networking
Then get the IP for your virtual host (Im assuming you've got a windows virtual machine there):
Start > Run > cmd.exe
ipconfig
Look for the IPV4 address (something like 192.168.0.145) and type that into safari location bar on the notepad.
http://192.168.0.145/

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Since your XP-PCs can access the site, the MVC-site is correctly working.
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I'm a web developer that's not very savvy when it comes to networking. I have a web site that is on my local machine. I've setup the website so that it is currently running on my local IIS. I can access the website while doing development by putting http://localhost:11000/ into the address bar of my browser. Now, I want to test my website on a tablet.
My tablet and my local development machine are on the same network. I confirmed they are hitting the same router. When I ask Google what my IP address is, it returns the same address for both my development machine and on my tablet. When I enter [ipAddress]:11000 into the browser on my tablet, it works for a while and then returns nothing. The browser just says:
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Thank you!
iis ipad
I would use the command window and enter ipconfig to discover the ip address of your dev machine. Then use that IP address on your remote machine (ipad). The IP address you are getting that is the same between your workstation and your ipad is likely your router's address. but each of your devices has an address of its own; you need the workstation's IP address to connect to its IIS instance.
A similar question was answered previously at:
How to access your website through LAN in ASP.NET

testing mobile apps at home (IIS hosted)

I am not sure what to look for with the current problem and I appreciate your suggestions.
Basically, all I want to do is locally host a web application on IIS and access it from my mobile browser.
My web application is hosted on the local IIS and works fine on the main machine. I can use my computer name, internal ip or external ip instead of localhost to connect to the app from the main computer. But when I go to another computer (which I can see and exchange files with) connected to the same network I cannot access the web application on the main machine. I tried ip and machine name.
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So the question is, do I have to have a domain for this capability and if so, Is it possible to create a local domain at a home network? What do I need to search for to get this working? Is WAMP a must?
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I got a Rails application (running on Thin server) running on my Ubuntu VM, how can I be able to access it from my Windows 7 OS? I already have the VM bridge option enable.
I tried using the IP address from my Ubuntu VM directly to my windows 7 browser, but nothing happens, is there a way to do that?
Yes, you can:
You need a Bridged adapter for your Virtual Machine
You need to know your VM's IP address (ifconfig | grep inet on Ubuntu)
Your VM needs to be turned on AND running the server
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My mac has its own local address eee.local
Other computers in the office, including other windows machines
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However we had once case where one person's windows7 machine
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