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Finally, I viewed my hub (router) to see the IPv4 address allocated to my Cumulus MX computer (192.168.1.64), that told me that I would find the user interface by typing  "http://192.168.1.64:8998/" into my browser while the MX engine command window remains open (so MX is actually running), so I typed that and I saw the user interface and navigated around it.
Finally, I viewed my hub (router) to see the IPv4 address allocated to my Cumulus MX computer (192.168.1.64), that told me that I would find the user interface by typing  "http://192.168.1.64:8998/" into my browser while the MX engine command window remains open (so MX is actually running), so I typed that and I saw the user interface and navigated around it.


IMPORTANT NOTE: I don't use "localhost" for two reasons, first I already have a web server on my PC using "localhost", and second using the IPv4 version address as a bookmark, I can view the Cumulus user interface on my mobile phone which shares bookmarks with my PC and connects to my LAN via wifi.
IMPORTANT NOTE: I don't use "localhost" for two reasons, first I already have a web server on my PC using "localhost", and second using the IPv4 exact address as a bookmark, I can view the Cumulus user interface on my mobile phone which shares bookmarks with my PC and connects to my LAN via wifi.


When I am happy to stop using MX, I type '''Control + C''' into that MX command window on my PC and MX closes.
When I am happy to stop using MX, I type '''Control + C''' into that MX command window on my PC and MX closes.
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