Posted by:
denver49
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I finally figured it out, after altering the Listen parameter in httpd.conf
So, from start to finish, for others who might be looking for a solution on Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit with a recent version of WampServer:
Windows Firewall - add 4 Incoming rules to allow Ports 80 and 81 for UDP & TCP
Wireless Router admin panel - (quasi optional) assign IP addresses to various devices in my household (easy 1-click Assign option under Networking in a D-Link DIR836-L) to eliminate rotating IP addresses depending on which devices are On/Off at the time.
Windows Control Panel >> Networking - clicked my network to find the IP address of the PC with WampServer (192.168.0.100 was assigned by the router).
Edit httpd.conf Listen, ServerName, Order,Allow,deny
Listen 127.0.0.1:80
Listen 192.168.0.100:80
#ServerName localhost:80
ServerName 192.168.0.100:80
DocumentRoot "c:/apache/htdocs/"
<Directory />
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
#Order deny,allow
#Deny from all
Order allow,deny
Allow from All
Allow from 127.0.0.1
</Directory>
<Directory "c:/apache/htdocs/">
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride all
Order allow,deny
Allow from All
Allow from 127.0.0.1
</Directory>
Reboot Apache and/or the PC.
Emailed a link containing 192.168.0.100 to my phone
Connected my phone to local WiFi, received the message, clicked the link, and Success, it loaded the page on my development machine just fine.
Fired up my Android tablet and pointed Chrome to [
192.168.0.100] and Success, it loaded just great!!!
Now, using Chrome more with the tablet, which bookmarks appear on the tablet due to Chrome synchronization, I found I needed to copy a set of bookmarks and paste 'em as a new group and edit out 127.0.0.1 to 192.168.0.100 so links to local dev files which appear on the tablet work fine.
Wa Hooo!