Apache HTTP no access on port 80

[Ragers]

Hello i hope someone will be able to point me in a use full direction.

I'm using WAMP server with the installed version of apache 2.2.11 on my machine. when connecting to the url from my machine (this is a normal http port 80 url) it goes to the site no problem.

But when i try to open up the site via my laptop it only throws "IE cannot display the webpage". I've checked and forwarded the ftp and http ports both from my router and checked the isp if they block port 80, and they are not.
checked my windows firewall and it allows port 80 and port 21(for ftp).

so i went to run and ping the url and it actually pings back(from the laptop that is an outside link).

So only thing i can think of is that apache for some reason is blocking the page to display.

BTW, i'm running a wow server from this domain name also and that works 100% and it is using the mysql from WAMP.

I use to run a IIS server from same domain to me and that worked perfectly.

Please advise

 

[Noway2]

You have covered most of what I would suggest for initial things but here are a couple of others that I can think of off hand.
1 - did you perchance bind the virtual host to a particular IP address such as 127.0.0.1 (localhost) that would prevent apache from listening on your network IP?
2 - Can you access the website via

http://ip-address

instead of by name which would indicate a dns problem?
3 - In Linux at least, Apache needs read permissions for the files and folders for the non owner of the system. I assume since it is a wamp configuration that your using windows. Does it have any sort of 'permissions' settings that could be interfering?

 

[Ragers]

Hello Noway2

well i've found a alternative solution to my problem but this cannot be like this forever.

i opened a port 6112 on my apache server(just to check) and when i access the site via this port it loads the site no problem.

So that would suggest that port 80, and i used port 8080 also, that these ports are somehow being blocked.

i need to sort this out as i cannot always run on port 6112.

i've for now redirected the site to go around port 80 straight to port 6112 but you know as good as i do that people don't like sites that is showing ports as this looks dodgy for the user.

you can view the site here:
wowforece.servegame.com it will redirect you to the ported url

your second point. no i can not access the site via my ip-address so dns is not the problem.

i've given permissions for read and write to the file/folders for the website as needed.

 

[Noway2]

I would look into traceroute and set the port option to 80 and protocol to TCP. Normally a traceroute uses the ICMP messaging like ping, but that isn't the problem here. I think the windows version is called tracert. I am not certain off hand if it supports ports and protocols like traceroute. Worst case you could download a Linux live-cd and run it with that.

The traceroute should tell you exactly where the blockage is occurring.