# Can't Connect to local IP

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cant-connect-to-local-ip/55909>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [30 December 2021 21:50 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cant-connect-to-local-ip/55909 "2021-12-30T21:50:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![diogoqwe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/54ee81/32.png) [@diogoqwe](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/diogoqwe)\
**Post date:** [30 December 2021 21:50 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cant-connect-to-local-ip/55909/1 "2021-12-30T21:50:23Z")

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Basically when i start node red on ubuntu 20.04(virtual machine) it starts and to use it i need to pick my windows local ip address to enter in node red. But it doesnt work. The page doesnt load.

 ![Screenshot_1](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/6/5/65d7f1dea5c9dff629844c0ea9bcb1a85e543c9a.png)  
 ![Screenshot_2](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/4/e/4e67d2fd215b9cd3708073efb21fb810e2469bab.png)

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**Author:** ![Steve-Mcl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/steve-mcl/32/4826_2.png) [@Steve-Mcl](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Steve-Mcl)\
**Post date:** [30 December 2021 22:06 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cant-connect-to-local-ip/55909/2 "2021-12-30T22:06:15Z")

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It looks like you CTRL+C exited node-red - hence you cannot access the editor.

Try running `node-red` once more - but leave it running in the terminal - then try accessing the editor.

Once you have that working (assuming you installed node-red using the official script) you can start it as a service by entering `node-red-start`

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**Author:** ![diogoqwe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/54ee81/32.png) [@diogoqwe](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/diogoqwe)\
**Post date:** [30 December 2021 22:10 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cant-connect-to-local-ip/55909/3 "2021-12-30T22:10:28Z")

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I just CTRL+C to show my local ip address. I dont know to fix this.

 ![aaaaa](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/f/e/feff09029dc000ac9635c53c4dfb3267520c6bce.png)

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**Author:** ![diogoqwe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/54ee81/32.png) [@diogoqwe](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/diogoqwe)\
**Post date:** [30 December 2021 22:12 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cant-connect-to-local-ip/55909/4 "2021-12-30T22:12:05Z")

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![Screenshot_3](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/5/2/52b482a8449942b887964db881e0ae5186dce05e.png)

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**Author:** ![Steve-Mcl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/steve-mcl/32/4826_2.png) [@Steve-Mcl](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Steve-Mcl)\
**Post date:** [30 December 2021 22:15 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cant-connect-to-local-ip/55909/5 "2021-12-30T22:15:08Z")

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I see you are running in a VM. Have you setup the networking to permit access? Try pinging that IP. Look at the VM firewall / IPTABLES

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**Author:** ![diogoqwe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/54ee81/32.png) [@diogoqwe](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/diogoqwe)\
**Post date:** [30 December 2021 22:18 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cant-connect-to-local-ip/55909/6 "2021-12-30T22:18:11Z")

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![Screenshot_4](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/c/5/c507bacc6728edf62429726505c81ef4b0859898.png)  
I can ping that ip

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**Author:** ![Steve-Mcl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/steve-mcl/32/4826_2.png) [@Steve-Mcl](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Steve-Mcl)\
**Post date:** [30 December 2021 22:21 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cant-connect-to-local-ip/55909/7 "2021-12-30T22:21:03Z")

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Is that pinging from the host or inside the VM?

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**Author:** ![diogoqwe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/54ee81/32.png) [@diogoqwe](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/diogoqwe)\
**Post date:** [30 December 2021 22:22 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cant-connect-to-local-ip/55909/8 "2021-12-30T22:22:46Z")

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This is VM pinging ip

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**Author:** ![diogoqwe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/54ee81/32.png) [@diogoqwe](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/diogoqwe)\
**Post date:** [30 December 2021 22:36 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cant-connect-to-local-ip/55909/9 "2021-12-30T22:36:59Z")

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Do you know how to fix this?

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**Author:** ![UnborN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/4491bb/32.png) [@UnborN](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/UnborN)\
**Post date:** [30 December 2021 22:48 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cant-connect-to-local-ip/55909/10 "2021-12-30T22:48:45Z")

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Im using Oracle VM for my Node-red test system also .. im running Win 11 and not Ubuntu but the settings should be the same.

If i remember correctly (its been months since i set it up) you have to go in the settings of the VM and change the Network settings to **Bridged Adapter**  
.. so the VM can get a **seperate** IP from that of the host system.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/4/d/4d72ca9ca0cf6b4090d89f38bfcd02f921e645ed.png)

also can you confirm what the IP of the host is  
and what IP of the VM after the changes ?

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**Author:** ![diogoqwe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/54ee81/32.png) [@diogoqwe](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/diogoqwe)\
**Post date:** [30 December 2021 22:55 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cant-connect-to-local-ip/55909/11 "2021-12-30T22:55:19Z")

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![Screenshot_5](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/a/7/a7cc4fcd4beef13814138e2b50d723824e3014cd.png)  
I already Have it like that, i have internet connect on the VM , i can ping google.pt  
my ipv4 is 192.168.1.70

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**Author:** ![UnborN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/4491bb/32.png) [@UnborN](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/UnborN)\
**Post date:** [30 December 2021 23:01 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cant-connect-to-local-ip/55909/12 "2021-12-30T23:01:49Z")

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I see .. and what about if you are running a firewall as @Steve-Mcl asked ?  
`sudo ufw status`

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**Author:** ![diogoqwe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/54ee81/32.png) [@diogoqwe](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/diogoqwe)\
**Post date:** [30 December 2021 23:05 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cant-connect-to-local-ip/55909/13 "2021-12-30T23:05:49Z")

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![Screenshot_6](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/0/4/0481da1803792919b9e6900b1c6d4e01f99cfbac.png)  
Status inactive

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**Author:** ![UnborN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/4491bb/32.png) [@UnborN](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/UnborN)\
**Post date:** [30 December 2021 23:14 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cant-connect-to-local-ip/55909/14 "2021-12-30T23:14:27Z")

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I just noticed the Bridged Adapter is the WIFI adapter ?

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/4/d/4dfa080e2f43aa6c9fc87fee58867968fdad310b.png)

Do you also have **wired** connected on the host ?

> [@UnborN](#):
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> can you confirm what the IP of the host is

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**Author:** ![diogoqwe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/54ee81/32.png) [@diogoqwe](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/diogoqwe)\
**Post date:** [30 December 2021 23:18 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cant-connect-to-local-ip/55909/15 "2021-12-30T23:18:29Z")

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I only have wifi on my laptop.  
my router ip: 188.82.179.134 (that is the host ip?)

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**Author:** ![diogoqwe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/54ee81/32.png) [@diogoqwe](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/diogoqwe)\
**Post date:** [30 December 2021 23:19 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cant-connect-to-local-ip/55909/16 "2021-12-30T23:19:08Z")

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i have a desktop with wired connection

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**Author:** ![UnborN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/4491bb/32.png) [@UnborN](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/UnborN)\
**Post date:** [30 December 2021 23:26 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cant-connect-to-local-ip/55909/17 "2021-12-30T23:26:10Z")

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> [@diogoqwe](#):
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> I only have wifi on my laptop.

ok .. just checking in case you accidentally selected the WIFI adapter as a bridged Adapter but the wired adapter was the one in use .. now that i think of it, since you have internet on the VM, it cant be this.

> [@diogoqwe](#):
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> my router ip

No. the system that is running Oracle .. is it Windows ? its IP.  
`ipconfig`

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**Author:** ![diogoqwe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/54ee81/32.png) [@diogoqwe](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/diogoqwe)\
**Post date:** [30 December 2021 23:32 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cant-connect-to-local-ip/55909/18 "2021-12-30T23:32:36Z")

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its WIndows 10

 ![Screenshot_7](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/c/d/cd521fc79866598192323fe836804231300563a0.png)

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**Author:** ![UnborN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/4491bb/32.png) [@UnborN](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/UnborN)\
**Post date:** [30 December 2021 23:37 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cant-connect-to-local-ip/55909/19 "2021-12-30T23:37:25Z")

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![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/a/0/a0a12a4e9f61b7a497f4f9f5850e2075c9388bf6.png)

192.168.1.70 ???  
The same IP as the VM ?  
something is wrong there

have you restarted the VM after setting up the Bridged mode ?  
Have you setup a static ip on the VM by any chance ?  
or are your systems (host and VM) setup to get IPs from the routers DHCP ?

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**Author:** ![diogoqwe1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ba0ec/32.png) [@diogoqwe1](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/diogoqwe1)\
**Post date:** [30 December 2021 23:54 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cant-connect-to-local-ip/55909/20 "2021-12-30T23:54:42Z")

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No i didnt setup a static ip

 ![Screenshot_8](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/0/a/0a3f3a885c5d02563776f2d35e79c3710455ce38.png)  
when i put: (ip a ) on the VM  
Thats what appears

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