# Novice: Pages not available other than server

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/novice-pages-not-available-other-than-server/135616>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [April 23, 2008, 4:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/novice-pages-not-available-other-than-server/135616 "2008-04-23T16:58:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![opus\_az](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/o/278dde/32.png) [@opus\_az](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/opus_az)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 4:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/novice-pages-not-available-other-than-server/135616/1 "2008-04-23T16:58:01Z")

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Hi…

I have RoR installed and apparently working, since a simple  
[http://localhost:3000](http://localhost:3000) displays on the server. But [http://ip.address:3000](http://ip.address:3000)  
or [http://ip.address:3000/hello](http://ip.address:3000/hello) doesn’t work on other computers. The  
computers are all behind the same firewall so it’s not a firewall port  
forward issue. Apache pages display correctly.

Probably missing something basic.

Any suggestions? Ubuntu 7.10

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**Author:** ![opus\_az](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/o/278dde/32.png) [@opus\_az](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/opus_az)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 5:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/novice-pages-not-available-other-than-server/135616/2 "2008-04-23T17:10:02Z")

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Are you getting an ‘unable to connect’ type of error?

Try netstat -n --tcp --listening on the server. Mongrel (or whatever)  
should be listening on \*:3000. If instead you see 127.0.0.1:3000,  
then only local connections will get a response.

On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 10:58 AM, Opus Mcd

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**Author:** ![opus\_az](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/o/278dde/32.png) [@opus\_az](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/opus_az)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 7:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/novice-pages-not-available-other-than-server/135616/3 "2008-04-23T19:30:55Z")

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Yes, that was it, and binding the rails ip to 0.0.0.0 worked like a  
charm.

Thanks! Appreciate it.