Can't access Visual Studio project from IP, only http://localhost

Question

I\'m running a project in visual studio. I hit run and it launches IE pointing at http://localhost:1267

If I try to visit http://10.211.55.3:1267

Answer 1

CygWin Solution (no proxy install needed)

ssh USER@OTHER_HOST -R IIS_PORT:localhost:IIS_PORT

replace USER, OTHER_HOST and IIS_PORT. Now you can browse with your OTHER_HOST to the testpage on localhost:IIS_PORT. This enables you the ability to test your stuff on remote Linux hosts (for example).