>>>>Hi,
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>>>>I am trying to connect (load main page) an asp.net application running on one computer on a wi-fi network from iPad.
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>>>>Some background information. I can access this asp.net app from another PC in the office (entering in the browser
http://PcServerName/AppName/MainPage.aspx) This works. The PCs as well as iPad use the same router. In fact if I enter in the Safari on iPad address 192.168.0.1 I get the login screen to the router. But when I enter in iPad address I get message that the server cannot be found.
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>>>>Does the above mean that something is not setup on iPad or on the PC hosting the application?
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>>>>TIA.
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>>>Can you use the IP of the webserver instead of the server name? Sounds like the iPad is not using your local DNS (if there is local DNS).
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>>I am always confused about the 'local DNS'. But I will run ipconfig on the PC where the application is running and try to access the application using IP instead of the server name. This is how I understand the url will change:
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http://192.168.0.100/AppName/MainPage.aspx >>
>>Thank you.
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>>UPDATE: Success!
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>so it is a DNS (name resolution) problem.
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>I'm not familiar with the iPad or how to configure networking for it. My guess is somehow you need to tell it to use your router's IP address as a DNS server so it will get information on server and PC names on your network.
I will look/learn into this. But since it works with IP of the PC/server this is all I need. So now I can test the app on the actual iPad and not an emulator. Even though my use of iPad (so far) is 99% personal :).
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