Re: Cannot connect to apache from outside machines

[<jg6789@xxxxxxx>]

listens on 80 then port 443. Yes I am using public ip address to connect via 
browser. and port forwarding is forwarding to the local ip 192.168.x.x

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brian Mearns" <mearns.b@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 4:28 AM
Subject: Re:  Cannot connect to apache from outside machines


> Not sure what the default xampp setup is, but look for the Listen
> directive to verify which ports apache is actually listening on, and
> make sure those are forwarded.
>
> Also, I'm not sure how much you know about networks (so pardon me if
> you consider this suggestion offensive): are you connecting to your
> router's public IP address, or your system's local address? If you got
> the ip address from something like ipconfig, then it's the local
> address. If it's something like 192.168.x.x, it's a local address. To
> get the public address, you can go to a site like
> whatismyipaddress.com.
>
> Best of luck
> -Brian
>
> On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 10:05 PM, Nilesh Govindrajan <lists@xxxxxxxxxx> 
> wrote:
> > check the logs
> >
> > On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 4:48 AM, <jg6789@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > Ok done all the research I can, time for some collaboration.
> > >
> > > New Server apache 2.5
> > >
> > > apache running default configuration xampp/htdocs/index.html
> > >
> > > http://localhost and http://ipaddress works great.
> > >
> > > outside machines cannot connect to http://ipaddress
> > >
> > > main gateway and routers have been forwarded from port 80 and port 443 
> > > as
> > > apache suggests, to the machines ip address. no machines outside the 
> > > network
> > > can connect. Firewalls are temporarily off.
> > >
> > > is there anything in the httpd file or apache that needs to be changed 
> > > in
> > > order to display a webpage via the web?
> > >
> > > Jay
> >
> >
> > --
> > Nilesh Govindrajan (nilesh@xxxxxxxxxx)
> >
> > iTech7 Site and Server Administrator
> >
> > www.itech7.com
>
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