I have installed XAMPP on my computer.I want to access my localhost when typing my ip address in another computer.But when i type my ip address it takes me to my modem settings page.Please help me.(I am using the ip address from whatismyip.com)
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Are you behind a router? – chaimp May 31 '12 at 06:17
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Where does this *another computer* reside? in Internet or in Local network? – Shiplu Mokaddim May 31 '12 at 06:20
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yes, i am using Airtel broadband. – Alfred May 31 '12 at 06:23
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The other computer resides in Internet. – Alfred May 31 '12 at 06:24
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Aha. Then you need to forward 80 port of your computer in the modem. – Shiplu Mokaddim May 31 '12 at 06:25
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what is the Name and Model of your modem? – Shiplu Mokaddim May 31 '12 at 06:30
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Well there are a lot of possibilities out there, you should google it first and when you encounter a problem you should post it somewhere on stackexchange, because stackoverflow is more code related than this kind of issues ! btw if you have a dynamic IP and you want to let your friends access your webserver then you should also take a look at www.no-ip.com and if you're behind a router checkout portforward.com ... – HamZa May 31 '12 at 07:30
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If you're trying to access your local XAMPP from another computer on your local network, you'll need to use a local ip address. Likely something like 192.168.x.x. (on a Windows box, you can type 'ipconfig' into a command prompt to get this IP)
If you're trying to access from outside your local network, you'll need to port-forward port 80 through your router to the computer that is running your XAMPP.
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You need to open port 80 (Or whatever port you are using for Apache) on your firewall. This is pretty well documented here http://portforward.com/ for most routers.
I would also recommend you get something like DynDNS, makes dynamic IPs less of a hassle.
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