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I'm developing websites and I want to preview the ones from localhost on my Nexus7.

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Can you add a little more context? Thanks. – belacqua Oct 30 '12 at 16:03
Really this question is generic to any Android device, rather than specific to Nexis 7. How are you connecting? WiFi, USB, etc. – david6 Oct 31 '12 at 3:50
What do you mean with localhost, is it 127.0.0.1, then you can't. Other IP addresses of your machin can be seen with the command 'ip addr'. – Anders Oct 31 '12 at 5:34

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On your Ubuntu machine, find your local IP address. One way of finding this is by using the ifconfig terminal command, where it is displayed as inet addr under the interface you're currently using to connect to the network. Point the browser on your Nexus 7 to that IP address, and the web page should be displayed.

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A side note to this, just make sure that both the tablet and PC are on the same network. – reverendj1 Oct 30 '12 at 15:24

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