# IPs and networks and stuff

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ips-and-networks-and-stuff/158865>\
**Category:** web dev\
**Created:** [August 12, 2005, 1:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ips-and-networks-and-stuff/158865 "2005-08-12T13:09:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![DaveMania](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5daacb/32.png) [@DaveMania](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/DaveMania)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2005, 1:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ips-and-networks-and-stuff/158865/1 "2005-08-12T13:09:40Z")

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My home pc is linked to my laptop via an ethernet  
This allows my laptop to acces the web  
but it retains the home pc’s public facing IP  
this means that by typing in [http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/](http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/) (the public facing ip not the local one) connect to my home pc not my laptop  
is there a way that other people can view my laptops localhost via an IP?

if that made sense that good and if u have an answer that’s even better.