XP Pro cant view webpages from internet

[fostom]

Hi

I'm stuck. I cant seem to view my web pages on my pc from the internet. Using the localhost on the pc works fine. I have opened for port 80 on the router. I have shut off the xp firewall. But all I get is "The page cannot be found". I'm just testing a dummypage at the

http://wwwroot

(

http://82.214.68.102/test.html)

but it doesnt work. My ISP says that port 80 is open for action.. please help!!!!!

Regards, Tommy

 

[fostom]

..I also have SP2 installed with XP Pro..

 

[smah]

wow.. this works!

is what I see.

 

[gpalmer711]

It also worked for myself. I have seen some free webservers have problems with loopback connections before. It may be that.

Greg Palmer
Free Software for Adminstrators

http://www.palmersoft.co.uk