How to forward internal hostname to internal device?

Installing and Using OpenWrt
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Is it possible to port forward an internal hostname to an internal lan connection?
I'm running an html based manga reader on my computer.
I want to have a host name dedicated to this manga reader.
The manga reader serves off of port 8080.
I will only ever be using this manga reader while connected to the router, so I don't need to port forward on an external ip.
But I would also prefer to not have to type out the full 4 digit port number along with it.
But would my laptop already having a hostname (via static ip lease) for general use intefere with the internal lan connection?

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can the manga reader just save the address with the 8080 port included? It's strange if it does not save a full address and every time you need to write manually

I have a bunch of services on different ports and when I save them as "favourites" in Firefox/Chrome the ports are also saved with the hostname/address.

for example this is one of my service webpage interface, and you see it has the port 8384 in there
https://192.168.11.222:8384/

I mean this isn't an OpenWrt thing, but why adding rules to firewall when you can just save an address.

3

you're right.
also it'd be the devices I'm connecting with that would need to save the address+port.
Port 8080 is what the manga reader listens for connections on.

4

ah ok so the manga reader is the server and you connect with a web browser or something.

5

exactly, it's the server.

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