How to access site running apache server over lan without internet connection

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I am running a server on Windows XP SP2 computer using EasyPhp. Lets call it computer_1. The ip address of computer is 192.168.1.2

Now I have another computer ( computer_2) on the lan with ip address 192.168.1.3

I want to access the site on computer_1 from computer_2.

comupter_2 can ping computer_1 (ping 192.168.1.2 works)

But when I type http://192.168.1.2 in the browser of computer_2, nothing happens.

I want to access the site on comupter_1 from computer_2.

easyphp localhost apache
11 Answers

In your httpd.conf make sure you have:

Listen *:80

And if you are using VirtualHosts then set them as given below:

NameVirtualHost *
<VirtualHost *>
   ...
</VirtualHost>
duckyflip_73700

Your firewall does not allow any new connection to share information without your consent. ONLY thing to do is give your consent to your firewall.

  1. Go to Firewall settings in Control Panel

  2. Click on Advanced Settings

  3. Click on Inbound Rules and Add a new rule.

  4. Choose 'Type Of Rule' to Port.

  5. Allow this for All Programs.

  6. Allow this rule to be applied on all Profiles i.e. Domain, Private, Public.

  7. Give this rule any name.

That's it. Now another PC and mobiles connected on the same network can access the local sites. Lets Start Development.

user_42257280

Please reformulate your question. Your first sentence does not make sense. .

To address your question:

http://ip.of.server/ should work in principle. However, depending on configuration (virtual hosting) only using the correct host name may work.

At any rate, if you have a network, you should properly configure DNS, otherwise all kinds of problems (such as this) may occur.

user_436810

You might also want to check your server configuration - sometimes the default for development type servers is to only accept connections from localhost.

Eric_P_650700

I was trying to access my localhost website (on my pc) from my mobile (andriod). The configuration is like Windows 10, WAMP 2.4.23, PHP Website and my mobile was running on andriod. Both my mobile and pc are connected to same wifi.

I was able to open my website on my pc by using url http://localhost/mysite or http://127.0.0.1/mysite. My pc ip was 192.168.0.1 (say) and my mobile ip was 192.168.0.2 (say) and both connected on same wifi.

I tried all the setting like changing the httpd.conf, httpd-vhosts.conf only to find that all I need was to disable my firewall. Of course, disabling the firewall completely is not a good idea. I have avast antivirus running on my pc. If I check the firewall log for last one hour (or so) I can see that attempt has been made by my mobile ip to connect to website running on my pc. All it required was to add an exception by creating a new rule in avast UI which will allow connections from my mobile ip.

Hope this helps someone.

user_56382270
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