How to run Node.js from my computer

I want to show a friend something I wrote in Node.js. In order to do so I must run a local machine but I can't get it to work out of 127.0.0.1.

I am trying to run: server.listen(8000, '123.123.123.123'); (with my real IP of course) and I get "Error: listen EADDRNOTAVAIL".

It does work via 127.0.0.1:8000 when I execute: server.listen(8000);. When I try to a开发者_开发技巧ccess 123.123.123.123:8000 after doing that firefox is "unable to connect".

Any ideas?

One simple solution is to use a port forwarding tool. Here are three:

• proxylocal is free and open source.
• showoff.io has a nice design and really cheap day passes.
• pagekite bills based on data usage and has a generous trial.

To make your above example work with showoff.io, you would need to have a ruby environment and a showoff.io account and type:

> gem install showoff-io
> show 8000

share this URL: 
https://youraccountname.showoff.io

(It would ask for your password after typing show 8000.)

Then your friend could visit the URL showoff gives you.