Works like a charm. Many thanks. -----Original Message----- From: 1jan [mailto:1jan@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2005 10:24 PM To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [users@httpd] web server on LAN The problem is appearantly in the ip-address: 127.0.0.1 or "localhost" is the loopback address. It means "this computer" and it means "this computer" on every computer... So find out the real ip-addresses of the machines on your lan (type "ipconfig" in a dos box on your win2k). Probably the addresses will be something like 10.x.x.x, 172.[16-31].x.x or 192.168.x.x. Those ranges are not in use on the global internet, they are reserved to use on a lan. But there is more: typing something like http://172.18.27.64/ in your browser all the time isn't really appealing, is it? And the number will change over time. If your lan is connected to the internet using a broadband router, there is probably a tiny DNS-server running in that router. Now change the windows-assigned hostname of your intranet-webhost into something decent (property sheet of "this computer" on win2k). The DNS server in your broadband router will take care of the rest (that is: if DHCP is enabled, which usually is the case). Try changing the hostname of your server into "www" and reboot, go to another machine on the lan and type http://www/ (or even just "www") into a browser. If this works there's no need to find out the ip-addresses first. best regards -- Jan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Cox" <racox@xxxxxxxxx> To: <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2005 3:46 AM Subject: [users@httpd] web server on LAN > Is it possible to have another computer on my LAN at home access the web > server as an "intranet" service for development purposes if the Apache is > running on a workstation as opposed to a Server? The OS is Win2K w/SP4. > If > someone does an http://127.0.0.1/, they currently don't see it. What do I > need to do if this is possible? > Thanks, > Richard > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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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