hmm weird error with configuring server on localhost

[Conor]

so i set up php, mysql, and apache on my localhost and it works great. I type in localhost/path./to/my/file and it takes me there, but when i type in my ip address it takes me to configuration for my computers router. Anyway around this?

[chrismartz]

go to start >> run and type "inetmgr"....then when you get in there, click on your localhost and then on websites....a ip address should be configured and that'll be the one you should use.....good luck!

[Conor]

it gave me the windows can not find javascript pop up

[chrismartz]

are you using iis at all?

[Conor]

no like i said, im using apache.

[Conor]

any other ideas

[PeOfEo]

You need to configure your router to send requests on port 80 to your computer's local ip address and change the router pass so that people from remote places cant getin on say port 81 which is not forwarded. This is not a server problem but a router problem. If you type in your local ip it should still work and if you type in that 127.0.0.1 (ip of local host) it should work too.

[Conor]

thanks peo when i type in 127.0.0.1 it works. Is there anyway for me to find out my local ip?

[ray326]

Originally posted by RefreshF5
thanks peo when i type in 127.0.0.1 it works. Is there anyway for me to find out my local ip?

This is Windows, right? Open a DOS window and use ipconfig/all to see your current network setup.

[PeOfEo]

yep ipconfig, and when you go your router type in
http:// <deault gateway here> into a web browser.

[Conor]

when i try to open ipconfig it just like flashes for a second and goes away. I cant see anything. This is when i type it run

[PeOfEo]

Originally posted by RefreshF5
when i try to open ipconfig it just like flashes for a second and goes away. I cant see anything. This is when i type it run

run --> type in 'command' --> type in 'ipconfig' in the prompt.

[Conor]

when i type this http:// <deault gateway here> into my web browser, it says can not connect to http:// <deault gateway here>

[PeOfEo]

nonono, go into ip config and get your default gateway and type it into where it says <default gateway here>

[Conor]

yeah thats what i did but i just posted that instead of the actual numbers. Im not an idiot