I'm just starting to build an Ionic 2 app, but I can't get it working on my mobile device.
Python (works)
To demonstrate that the phone can see the host, I tried a Python server:
$ python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8000
Serving HTTP on 0.0.0.0 port 8000 ...
If I go to http://192.168.8.101:8000
on my phone, it connects fine and displays the directory listing.
Node (fails)
However, when I start Ionic:
$ ionic serve -p 8000
[...]
[INFO] Development server running
Local: http://localhost:8000
External: http://192.168.8.101:8000
I can load it in my host's web browser, but I can't see it from my phone nor another computer (it times out). I also tried a basic node server:
$ npm install http-server -g
$ http-server -p 8000
Starting up http-server, serving ./
Available on:
http://127.0.0.1:8000
http://192.168.8.101:8000
With the same result as Ionic: accessible from the host, but not from the phone.
Is there something blocking the request? Or is there some Node configuration I'm missing? I'm new to both Mac OS and Node, so I don't know where to look.