why servername:port does not work why localhost:port in node.js works?

Question

I am node newbie. I have a windows server, where I am running node.js with webserver.js . Start the node with webserver.js. Fireup the IE and when I tried localhost:port/index.html, the page shows properly in the IE. Now if I change the localhost to servername:port/index.html, IE is unable to display the page ('IE cannot display the webpage with you can try diagnose connection problem). Is there anything I need to enable in node so it is available outside localhost? I have jenkins runs on the same server, I did not do anything and it shows up properly with the server name. Just curious.

Thanks

Answer 1

my problem was that, I used the code from the link, in the link it was use IP address, I changed it to server name, now I am able to hit the link using both server and proper url. Hope this might help others. I did not change to use netstat though.