WampServer

For some weird reason I can't connect to localhost, no mather what wamp-package I've tried (wampserver, xamp, and some other too). When trying to connect to localhost or 127.0.0.1 it just tries and tries, forever, lagging down my connection to the internet so I can't browse any other sites at the same time.

I've tried:
* Opening ports in the router
* Disabling the Windows Firewall
* Reinstalling multiple times

I know that it should work cause I'm sure I had WAMP just recently.

I'm using Windows XP (fully updated), and the latest WampServer package.

Hi,

Are you sure some other application is not using port 80 for example? Check the PHP and MySQL error log for indications of what is going wrong or copy the messages and post them here.

If you run the following command in the DOS window, it will tell which application is using port 80 and/or port 3306. It will take quite a long time to complete:

netstat -ab | more


If you have installed a multitude of servers, you may still have some leftovers in your system.

Regards,

toivo
Sydney, Australia

I'm positive that nothing uses the port 80.
The XAMP package comes with a small program which checks to see if a small number of ports is open and if not, what executable it is binded to. It correctly shows that port 80 is open when I'm not running WampServer, and when I'm running it, that port 80 is binded to "wamp\bin\apache\apache2.2.8\bin\httpd.exe".

Any other tip?

Have you tried port 8080 instead?

Regards/Per

Port 80 and 8080 doesn't work to connect to. But when changing the port in Apache's httpd.conf to 86 it works. Is it possible that another program like a download manager stops the connection to 80 or 8080?

Hi,

netstat -ab | more

...is your friend.

Skype seems to be a frequent offender in the port 80 front, plus your average antivirus and internet security products.

Regards,

toivo
Sydney, Australia

It still states that port 80 is unused.

Update:
localhost:86 - Doesn't work
127.0.0.1:86 - Does work

127.0.0.1:80 - Can't connect to the server
localhost:80 - My internet gets screwed, doesn't even get an error, it just sits there and tries to connect

Update #2:
Fixed it... somehow...

I've removed the open ports in the router and changed this in Apache's httpd.conf:
* Listen = 127.0.0.1:80
* ServerName = 127.0.0.1:80

Now both 127.0.0.1 AND localhost works perfectly.

Update #3:
Sorry, localhost still doesn't seems to work. And my hosts file is correct:
127.0.0.1 localhost

I solved the problem while using skype changing all 80 ports (are 3) to 8080 on httpd.conf

thx

It's not really a good move since now you have to use url:port instead you should change port for skype

Skype uses same port as Apache, so you need to setup skype using different port as follows File -> Options -> Connection -> Uncheck "Use port 80 as an alternative for..."

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Just wanted to say big thanks for the Skype tip, it has solved my problem
I've been struggling with the localhost binding issue for a while now.

nice.....

You're welcome any time ;-)

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I'd also like to chime in and thank you for the Skype fix. I have three XP PCs, and only one would not run WAMP - the one running Skype. I was running out of troubleshooting tricks here and don't think I ever would have thought to unload Skyp and see if WAMP ran.

I have experimented and learned that if you pre-load WAMP as part of the Windows boot routine, you can manually start Skype later.

As long as WAMP runs first, everybody's happy.

Thanks again,

-larry