A. You need to use the external (internet facing) IP address of the cable modem. This changes sometimes B. Some cable providers explicitly block port 80 traffic so that home users cannot use their cable connection to serve. ----- Original Message ----- From: "alun phillips" <alun@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 11:10 PM Subject: [users@httpd] home computer as a server > Hi - I'm a newbie here, so loads of apologies before I make a complete fool > of myself. > > Apache 2.0 > Windows XP Pro > Cable internet access - always on > > I am trying to set up my home computer so that my friends and family can > view photos of my kids that I have put together in a website on my computer. > I have installed Apache2, and http://localhost/ successfully brings up the > apache web server welcome page, as does http://XXX.XXX.XX.XXX (my IP > address). I have worked out how to replace this page with a page of my > choice, but I am unable to get anyone else access to the page over the > internet (which I assume is possible). I have a laptop connected to my > computer on a home network, and that can reach the page via my IP, but no > one else can. I have disabled my Windows Firewall in an attempt to get it to > work, but with no luck. I am sure it is something very simple, but I can't > figure it out. > > If anyone has some advice, or can point me to some step by step instructions > somewhere on the internet, that would be great. > > Cheers, > Alun > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. > See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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