React Native Network Error using local api

Question

Current setup:

• Using iOS and actual phone + React Native metro bundler + axios for api

My problem:

• I cannot use api that is local, but api on the main server has no issues
• The error is simply just "ERROR \"Network Error"\ when trying to call a request
• I've searched through the internet and they're all saying it's a network/port/ip issue, but since my phone is connected to my computer through metro and works shows that it's on the same port and network.
• I also cannot connect to React Native Debugger despite being on the same port/network

What I have done:

• Check IP/ports on both phone and laptop (the same)
• Since I am on iOS, I checked if xcode is running debug build, which it is.
• Clean rebuild, restarted phone, restarted laptop, and adding NSExceptionAllowsInsecureHTTPLoads on the Info.plist
• Changed IP/ports