How to access webservice on LAN

[igwe kalu kalu ogba]

Hello, as a sequel to my last post, could anyone tell me how to access a web service deployed on a local area network (LAN). My development laptop is one of many on the network with name Igwe, it is under the workgroup development and I have tomcat running on it. How can a user on our network but on a different machine access a web service deployed on tomcat on my machine from his own machine.


using kSOAP j2SE, my code looks like this:

SoapObject("http://localhost:8080/axis/CM_ErrorWebService.jws","CM_ErrorCheck");
HttpTransportSE transport = new HttpTransportSE("http://localhost:8080/axis/CM_ErrorWebService.jws","");

what changes should be made to the URL so that it can get to axis/CM_ErrorWebService.jws on my machine instead of using localhost:8080. Should I share the folder or what?


Thanks. Igwe.

[JeanLouis Marechaux]

Replace localhost by your IP address.
Ex : SoapObject("http://10.10.10.10:8080/axis/CM_ErrorWebService.jws","CM_ErrorCheck");

10.10.10.10 is just an example. Of course I've no idea of what your real IP address is.

Was it really your question ?... I'm not sure

[igwe kalu kalu ogba]

Hi jean-louis, thanks for your answer. That was my original question, but it doesn't seem to work, my new question is basically how to make it work across a local area network. my computer name is Igwe and I'm running tomcat at port 8080. I dunno how to figure this out. It's got me tearing my hair out.

[JeanLouis Marechaux]

You mean you are not able to reach your web service deployed on your machine from another machine, right ?

Is your machine itself reachable from the network. ??
I mean, does a ping on your IP (or ping igwe) works properly from another pc ?
If not, you've got to solve your network problem first.

[igwe kalu kalu ogba]

I've tried that, pinging from another machine works.

[JeanLouis Marechaux]

If pinging from another machine works, there's no reason why a call to the web service fails.

What is the kind of error you have when you try to access it from the other machine ?

[igwe kalu kalu ogba]

Sorry about the inactivity here, I travelled for a while. Yeah, pinging works, but I guess the real question is, how would you locate the webservice? I dont think you can use http://localhost:8080/axis/ws.jws? So, given a computer name, how can I access a web service on it, what syntax would I use. Thanks.

[Balaji Loganathan]

Originally posted by igwe kalu kalu ogba:
I guess the real question is, how would you locate the webservice? I dont think you can use http://localhost:8080/axis/ws.jws? So, given a computer name, how can I access a web service on it, what syntax would I use. Thanks.

Yes you cant use localhost, Read the JeanLouis post again, it has the answer for you.

[Jesus Perez Romero]

Hello, I just had the same problem but now it's fixed. In my case I am using win xp prof with sp2 and jboss 4

- I just add the port 8080 to the windows firewall exceptions

After doing that every computer from my lan was able to enter to http://my ip address:8080/my app

[tushar joshi]

Please check Lan Setting from connection tab is disbaled
i think your problem will be solved.
i have similar problem before,

Thanks a lot.