Big Daddy Posted July 28, 2004 Share Posted July 28, 2004 I just installed WINLAMP 0.2 and it is working great. The only problem is that I don't know how to access the local site from another computer. How can I do this? Do I have to forward any ports. I'm using windows xp and my network has a wireless belkin router. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwolfe Veteran Posted July 28, 2004 Veteran Share Posted July 28, 2004 You will have to have port 80 forwarded to your Apache PC's internal LAN address 192.168.x.x. You will have external viewers of your page go to your LAN address issued by your ISP to your router. One of your router's pages should show you this, or just go to http://showmyip.com ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Daddy Posted July 28, 2004 Author Share Posted July 28, 2004 I just was to run the site locally not on the internet becuase my ISP doesn't allow it. If I forward port 80 will that only allow the LAN users to view the site or anyone from the internet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banjo Posted July 28, 2004 Share Posted July 28, 2004 If you just want to view it from your LAN, type http://yourcomputername or your internal ip (usually 192.168.x.x) http://192.168.x.x. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwolfe Veteran Posted July 28, 2004 Veteran Share Posted July 28, 2004 I just was to run the site locally not on the internet becuase my ISP doesn't allow it. If I forward port 80 will that only allow the LAN users to view the site or anyone from the internet? In addition to Banjo's information, you are correct in thinking that the port forwarding in the router is ONLY for outside access into your local network. If you don't need it, by all means don't forward the port! ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Daddy Posted July 28, 2004 Author Share Posted July 28, 2004 Thanks for the help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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