title: Self-hosting ServiceStack REST Service on local network
body: <p>I was wondering if anyone could help - I have a local network (wireless, my computer and a laptop connected to it) and I've tried hosting a rest service developed with ServiceStack on it. If I run the application on the computer (a console app for now) and try to access the service using the machine IP or 127.0.0.1 it works fine - but if I try and access it from the laptop, using the computer's IP it simply stalls, and the REST service is never called.</p>
  
  <p>I've tried turning off all firewalls etc, running everything in Admin mode but still nothing.. am I missing something simple to get this working?</p>
  
  <p>Any help is much appreciated!</p>
  
  <p>Some of the code samples (My AppHost class is inheriting from the AppHostHttpListenerBase)</p>
  
  <pre><code>restServiceToStart.Value.Init ();
  restServiceToStart.Value.Start (_HostUri);
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>where for my main machine, the _HostUri is set to <code>"http://my-ip-address:8080/"</code></p>