WampServer

I have finally installed WampServer 2a on my Windows XP (SP2) machine and after initial teething problems have managed to set it up on Port 81. My machine is a stand-alone unit and I have an adsl internet connection. When I boot up my machine it is Offline, everything loads OK and I can start WampServer - both services are running and I can connect to localhost and use phpinfo(), phpMyAdmin and sqlitemanager. All seems fine...
As soon as I connect to the internet (to read the forum etc.) I cannot connect to localhost any more. I have tried restarting All Services and they are running. When I try to open localhost it opens up Firefox with the message "Loading..." but it doesn´t load the index.php file.
I can get it to work again if I close down Firefox, disconnect from the internet, then close all Services in WampServer and shut it down completely then re-start WampServer. I can connect back to localhost and it all works as expected.
I am lost as to what is causing this - is it my Internet Connection settings (default settings as provided by my ISP - Orange.es)? Can someone help because so far I have found answers to all my configuration questions on this forum. Good work guys especially the main man "yfastud".

Since you setup on port 81, you should access as localhos:81 instead, and make sure already enable that port 81 in all firewalls as well

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/10/2008 02:46PM by yfastud.

OK Here´s what is happening.
I have WampServer all configured so that if I use the Localhost option in WampServer2.0 it looks up localhost:81 and connects to WAMP5 Homepage (index.php). Also, if I type [localhost] into the address on the browser it also works and connects to index.php. BUT only when I´m offline.
When I go online, even with the Windows firewall and ZoneAlarm switched off, open Firefox and type in [localhost] into the address I get the "Loading..." message but NO index.php!
Because both firewalls are switched off then surely they can´t be causing the problem.
Also, if I switch on the ZoneAlarm firewall, even while working offline, I can use WampServer to all its glory.
The problem only occurs when I go online.
I can´t see what is causing this so please put on your thinking caps, maybe someone has an idea they can share.

I'm not quite good w/ ZoneAlarm, or to be exact, I've never used it, but from this forums, I actually see more than 1 person really have serious problem to use wamp w/ it, even ZA expert like cyberspatium finally had to gave up on it and switch to Kaspersky. Here is just my personal idea, so I hope you would figure it out or some other ZA experts can help you out on this issue. BTW, temp disable ZA might not help at all

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You have the patience of a Saint!
I have removed ZoneAlarm and re-installed Comodo Firewall Pro (also free). When I rebooted everything loaded just fine, and I can connect to the WAMP5 Homepage - even when connected to the internet.
Nice one.
I´m now very happy and can continue onto the path of learning PHP and listen to internet radio at the same time! (actaually it´s a bit more serious really - but I do work from home)
Thanks a lot.

You're welcome anytime ;-)

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