[thelist] Turning Win XP Home into Apache Web Server

[Jeff Wilhelm]

Make sure port 80 on your firewall is forwarded to you internal IP as well;
just opening it on the firewall and on your PC isn't enough.


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[mailto:thelist-bounces at lists.evolt.org] On Behalf Of Jay
Blanchard Sent: Friday, December 02, 2005 9:58 AM To:
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Win XP Home into Apache Web Server 

> [snip]
> 1. Do you have a permanent IP address?
> 2. Do you have the DNS set up?
> 3. Do you use a firewall? If so, is port 80 open?
> 
> 
> http://223.1.1.128/ - assigned from ISP
> http://192.168.1.47/ - internal address
> 
> port 80 is open - just went to the advanced settings in
> my firewall and opened up port 80. [/snip]
> 
> 1. Can you access the server locally?
> 2. Have you set up a phpinfo() page to see if PHP is
> running? 
> 3. If PHP is running have you properly configured
> phpMyAdmin to see if it connects to MySQL? 
> 3. Can you get to MySQL using the tools provided with the
> installation? 
> 
> If you can access the server locally can you access it
> across a network on your side of the firewall? Someone
> mentioned that ISP's block port 80, have you checked with
> concerning rules about this?