Expo not starting any dev tools in the local host

Expo SDK
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Please provide the following:

  1. SDK Version: 36.0.0
  2. Platforms(Android/iOS/web/all): All

This problem is very weird. I am running an expo based react native app and everything was working fine until a week back. I resumed my work only to find the expo start doesn’t start up the dev tools on the localhost - port 19002. I keep getting ‘cant reach this page’ error message. The logs are as below

Expo DevTools is running at http://localhost:19002
Opening DevTools in the browser... (press shift-d to disable)
Starting Metro Bundler on port 19001.

It was working perfectly and all of a sudden this happens. I used to get Tunnel ready message and everything was perfect. I can’t proceed with my development because the dev server would not even start. I did install FortiClient VPN recently but I deleted all the associated files and I am no longer on it. I am clueless why this is happening.

I tried the following: 1. Uninstalled expo cli, reinstalled it. 2. Cleared all vpn files to the best of my knowledge. 3. Ran other simple react native projects. I encountered the same issue.

Nothing seems to work. Can somebody please help? Is there anything trivial I am missing here? I have a demo to show in a few days. Any help would be highly appreciated.

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I solved it after pulling an all-nighter. I was using anti-virus software and the firewall protection was on. I switched it off and that did the magic. Not sure how that got turned on though.

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