Localhost works, IP doesnt

[ducksinpower]

I just installed Apache on my XP machine and typed in localhost and my email in the install screen. Then, I started apache and went to

http://localhost

and the welcome screen came up. I guess things worked.

I went to httpd.conf and changed servername to my IP and then tried

http://localhost,

and that still worked. But then when I tried

http://MY.IP,

I got a popup that asked for my login and password as if i were trying to access a shared directory or something. (I then tried

http://My.IP:80/

and the same thing happened. And when I tried logging in with my XP password that didnt work, so i hit cancel and got a big red 401 error. Any suggestions? I have no idea why this should be happening. Also, nothing is recorded in my error log at all.

Any help would b e appreciated. Thanks!

Jill

 

[mithrilhall]

I didn't think you need to change anything in your conf file to make

http://yourIP

resolve to apache. Change what you did in your conf file and see if

http://myIP

works. Also, you don't need to type the ":80" after the address unless you changed the default port in the conf. ====================================
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[ducksinpower]

Well, I changed servername back to localhost but that doesnt work. I still get the XP authentication.

- Jill

 

[danielhozac]

The obvious question is "Do you have a router?". Most routers have a webinterface for their configuration. If that's running on port 80, noone but you would be able to get to the site. //Daniel