I fixed it like this;
as-is :
entry: [
"webpack-dev-server/client?http://localhost:9090",
"webpack/hot/only-dev-server",
"./src/app"
],
to-be :
entry: [
"webpack-dev-server/client?http://127.0.0.0:8080",
"webpack/hot/only-dev-server",
"./src"
],