How to allow access to the localhost (xampp) installation over the windows network

apache-2.2localhostxampp

I have just installed a fresh xampp stack on my machine, and can access it from localhost, my pc name, and ip address. There is nothing on it yet, but getting the welcome page fine.

I seem to remember in the past that other users could access my localhost by going to my ip (192.168.2.6) but I can't seem to get it working.

We can both ping each other fine so I don't get what the problem could be.

We have tried a few things in httpd.conf and restarted apache each time but I'm rather confused.

Anyone know if I need to add a VirtualHost entry or is it more likely to be a firewall problem or something similar?

Best Answer

As far as I'm familiar with it it is indeed a firewall issue. If you're behind a NAT then you should set up your modem/NAT configuration to forward port 80 to your machine.

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