Thread: read page on local server

Hello,

I have a problem. I am running a local server on esp8266 board. Now i am trying to access it with my java program on my main computer and read the contents. If i type ip into browser it opens a page and i can see the content. But when i try to read it with my java program it returns timeout exception. Could the problem be that its looking for public ips while server is on a local ip ? I tried with public domain names like google.com and it opens and reads them just fine.

edit: well i think it doesn't even support IPs and needs a domain name. Any way around that ?

String url = "http://192.168.4.50";
 
		try {
 
			URL oracle;
			oracle = new URL(url);
 
			BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(oracle.openStream()));
			// it gets stuck here opening the inputstreamreader
 
			String inputLine;						
 
			while ((inputLine = in.readLine()) != null) {							
						System.out.println(inputLine);																			
			}		
 
			in.close();	
 
 
		} catch(Exception e) {
			System.out.println("Error: " + e);			
		}

I still dont understand why it is not working. I even tried to code on esp8266 that it accepts when i write in http://192.168.4.50/data.html ... i tried it with browser and its a proper html page. Anyone ?

Oh now i am ashamed. I wrote String url = "http://192.168.4.50"; where it should be String url = "http://192.168.64.50"; No wonder i couldnt ping my server from any computer. Anyway we are moving. I tested and i can ping from java program to esp8266 server, ping gets through. I still cannot read the page, now it says connection refused.

--- Update ---

I am again shamed myself. When i was testing different things i left https instead of http. Now it is working. I am sorry for taking your time, i guess i am still not alright from last nights party. Happy new year everyone