Webserver for WLAN/WiFi broken since last update?

[fuegerstef]

Can anypody confirm the WLAN/WiFi sharing isn't working anymore since the last update?

I mean, where you enable the webserver inside VLC and then drop files into a browser window on your PC/mac.

Other programs still work. It is only VLC that doesn#t let me connect to my iPad (Pro, iOs 11.4.1). It is, as if the server isn't there. The browser just doesn't find it.

Yes, App is active and all, several browsers tried. As said. Other programs still work but VLC not.

[fuegerstef]

Solved: I have to restart the Pad every time you switch VLC off, switch to another app or whatever, because it only works once ... not like other apps that work all the time. :/

EDIT:
And even when you leave the VLC app active the WLAN/WiFi-Server stops working after some time.

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Do you have a crhomecast?

[Monpher]

Same problem

No matter what I do, reset network, reset laptop, reset iPad, I cannot get the WiFi upload function to work

I also tried https, same problem. Tried from different devices, both macOS and Windows, using different browsers, all the same.

I also tested with nmap. On the iPad, VLC is open, "Sharing via WiFi" is enabled, and it says "http://192.168.179.52". But when I type on my Mac laptop terminal:

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nmap 192.168.179.52

or

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nmap -p 80 192.168.179.52

It just says "host is down". I'm in the correct subnet, my laptop's IP is 192.168.179.55.

Any suggestions what can be causing this?? It always used to work fine until recently!

P.S. I don't use a Chromecast.