[users@httpd] Apache on Windows XP: Can't access from remote PC

[Robin Wilson <r....@rmplc.co.uk>]

Hi all,

I have installed apache2 (and php and mySQL) on a pc running WinXP. I can
access the files stored on it fine from that pc (using http://localhost/)
but not from another PC (using http://81.86.193.21/ - or whatever my IP is).

Any ideas as to why this might be happening or what I can do about it? I
have looked through httpd.conf and can't find any simple options (like
allowaccessfromoutside = 0) to enable this.

Thanks in advance

Robin


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Re: [users@httpd] Apache on Windows XP: Can't access from remote PC

[Joey Hewitt <jo...@joeyhewitt.com>]

Robin Wilson <r....@rmplc.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have installed apache2 (and php and mySQL) on a pc running WinXP. I can
> access the files stored on it fine from that pc (using http://localhost/)
> but not from another PC (using http://81.86.193.21/ - or whatever my IP
is).

"whatever my IP is" -- hmm, well, make sure you *do* know it. ;)
Perhaps you need to let traffic on port 80 (or whichever you use) through in
Microsoft's WinXP "firewall".  I don't run XP so I can't tell you exactly
where to find the settings for it, but Google and/or MS helpfiles should
provide information about that.

> Any ideas as to why this might be happening or what I can do about it? I
> have looked through httpd.conf and can't find any simple options (like
> allowaccessfromoutside = 0) to enable this.
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Robin

HTH, Joey


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