It's annoying to remember this IP all the time, so you can edit C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc (search for Notepad app and right-click to Run as Administrator, then search for this file from within Notepad so that you can actually edit it) and give that IP address a name, e.g. Don't forget the port number and protocol, e.g. You can use this IP address from IE or Edge in Parallels Desktop. My Parallels setting is using Shared Network, nothing special there. After killing mDNSResponder process on the Mac the issue disappears but only until the next Windows restart. Put in the following line, replacing my windows VMs local IP (here 10.211.55.5) with the one you found out in the step before: 10.211.55. Edit your macs hosts file as described in this blogpost. Type ipconfig and find out your IP4-adress.
![mac parallels windows localhost mac parallels windows localhost](https://i.stack.imgur.com/UtgGS.png)
As a result when it happens another record is added. -> type cmd.exe The windows command line opens. If you use a named domain like domain.local, it has to be defined in /etc/hosts and pointing at 0.0.0.0. Every time Windows virtual machine restarts a new mDNS record begins multicasting from the Mac with hostname localhostprl and IP 127.0.0.1.
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polymer serve -hostname domain.local, hugo serve -bind 0.0.0.0. You may need to provide additional flags to your serve commands e.g. You need to make sure that you run your local server with correct IP bindings.
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Your local development server must be bound to IP address 0.0.0.0. MAMP (Mac, Apache, MySQL, PHP) is a free and premium local server environment that can be installed on the macOS and Windows operating systems. This issue is so infuriating that I'm going to take some time to write about it. Access macOS localhost from IE or Edge within Parallels Desktop