Windows XP LAN and Apache

Hello everyone,

Apologies if this is the wrong group for this - if it is perhaps
someone can suggest a better one.

I have been running Apache web server quite happily on my XP box for a
year or two now. Last week I bought a wireless router/ADSL modem and
got a laptop equipped with a wireless network card.

The network setup seems to be fine, the computers can see each other.
However, if I try to hit the web server on my desktop PC from the
laptop on the LAN (using http://<computer name>) then I get an error
saying the page cannot be found.

My question is, is there some basic setup that I need to do to allow
other PCs on the network to access the webserver on my desktop box? I
rather optomistically thought it would just work!
Thanks for any tips,

Al.

On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 13:18:38 GMT,alistair_henderson@email.com penned this
whopper in comp.infosystems.www.servers.ms-windows

> http://<computer name>

On the LAN the syntax is different: http:\\<computer name> use backslashes
instead. HTH.

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Mike

Mike,

Thanks for your reply, but in testing it here at work I can use either
forward or backslashes... I'll certainly give it a go at home,
though..

Thanks,
Alistair.

On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 16:36:56 GMT,"alistair_henderson@email.com"
<alistair_henderson@email.com> penned this whopper in
comp.infosystems.www.servers.ms-windows

> Mike,
>
> Thanks for your reply, but in testing it here at work I can use either
> forward or backslashes... I'll certainly give it a go at home,
> though..
>
> Thanks,
> Alistair.
>
>

as long as it's a workgroup setup...at work you may be on a domain.

--
"Time will bring to light whatever is hidden;
it will cover up and conceal what is now shining in splendor."
Horace (65 - 8 BC); Roman poet.

Mike

I was indeed on a domain at work, however, I have just tried
backslashes here at home and it still doesn't work. They are
immediately translated into forward slashes by IE and then I get a
'Page Cannot Be Displayed' error....

It takes a long time to decide that the page can't be displayed. Maybe
its a setting on the laptop PC that's wrong. It can access the
internet through my wireless router OK.

Any ideas?

Al.

"alistair_henderson@email.com" <alistair_henderson@email.com> wrote in
news:1105567477.574356.64600@z14g2000cwz.googlegro ups.com:

> I was indeed on a domain at work, however, I have just tried
> backslashes here at home and it still doesn't work. They are
> immediately translated into forward slashes by IE and then I get a
> 'Page Cannot Be Displayed' error....
>
> It takes a long time to decide that the page can't be displayed. Maybe
> its a setting on the laptop PC that's wrong. It can access the
> internet through my wireless router OK.
>
> Any ideas?
>
To type in the NetBIOS name like that, you need either a domain controller
or a WINS server on the network somewhere. I'm guessing you have neither at
home. Try it by IP address. If that works, then you can put an entry in the
hosts file of the laptop and it should work with the host name.

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Terry,

You're right - I have neither a domain controller or a WINS server on
my network. However, using the IP address in IE doesn't work either.
However, all PCs are set up to get dynamic IP addresses (I did ipconfig
to find out the IP address assigned to the desktop PC).

Should I set something up as a WINS server, or is it not that simple?
Al.

"alistair_henderson@email.com" <alistair_henderson@email.com> wrote in
news:1105648760.145618.216860@c13g2000cwb.googlegr oups.com:

> Terry,
>
> You're right - I have neither a domain controller or a WINS server on
> my network. However, using the IP address in IE doesn't work either.
> However, all PCs are set up to get dynamic IP addresses (I did ipconfig
> to find out the IP address assigned to the desktop PC).
>
> Should I set something up as a WINS server, or is it not that simple?

When you try the IP address, do you get _anything_? If you get *some* kind
of page returned (even a 404), but not the right one, then you can set up a
WINS server or put a hosts file entry in to your desktop. If you get no
connection at all, then there's something else wrong, too, preventing you
from connecting to the server.

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Terry,

I do indeed get a page returned, saying that the page cannot be
displayed and asking me to check my internet connection settings. I'm
at work at the moment, so can't remember the exact wording of the
error, but it seemed to indicate that it couldn't connect.

Al.

"alistair_henderson@email.com" <alistair_henderson@email.com> wrote in
news:1105698327.661375.169970@f14g2000cwb.googlegr oups.com:

> Terry,
>
> I do indeed get a page returned, saying that the page cannot be
> displayed and asking me to check my internet connection settings. I'm
> at work at the moment, so can't remember the exact wording of the
> error, but it seemed to indicate that it couldn't connect.
>
If it said to check your internet connection, when you typed in the IP
address, that sounds like something is blocking the server entirely.

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