WampServer

Hi.

First of all, thank you for this free software. I have just successfully installed it on my desktop. I was able to view my test web page when I typed 127.0.0.1 or //localhost in my browser. But when I typed that same URL on my laptop, it has this problem loading page, firefox cannot establish a connection to the server at 127.0.0.1. The same goes with 127.0.0.1. In short, I cannot access my web pages on my laptop. Now, I like to know what could have happened. Is there anything more that I need to do for me to be able to browse my web pages using other computers?

There's one thing I'd like to mention. If I type 192.168.1.1 on both my desktop and laptop computers, it brings me to my router's web configurator page.

I will be very happy if anyone can help me on this. I am just about to learn how to put my website online using my home computer as my personal web server.

Thank you in advance.

All you need to do is put your server online.

wampmanager -> Put Online

By default and for security reasons wamp configures apache to limits access to ip 127.0.0.1, when you put online wamp edits your httpd.conf and change the security, then restarts apache to activate that config.

Hi, RiggsFolly.

Thanks for your prompt reply.

I already did that. In fact, the color of WampServer icon in the system tray is already orange, meaning ONLINE, and the last line on its menu is Put Offline, while the tool tip displays WAMPSERVER - server online when the mouse hovers over its icon. And yet, nothing happens.

OK

Two thngs:

1. ORANGE icon means that one of the services ( apache / mysql ) has NOT STARTED.
Probably apache.
The icon should be GREEN is all is running properly.

2. When you try and access the web server from another PC ( your laptop ) localhost is the laptop, and not the Desktop. localhost is always the PC you are on.

To get to the desktop server from the laptop you would use 192.168.0.x ( the ip of the desktop )
To find the ip of the desktop ( from the desktop ) run a command window and keying

>ipconfig

Look at the result and find
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.11
thats the ip address of your desktop

This is not the best way to do it but lets start by getting apache running on your Desktop.


The normal reason for apache not starting is that some other process has grabbed port 80.

run this to see if thast the case

wampmanager -> Apache -> Service -> Test port 80.

Copy the result and post it here.

Thanks once again RiggsFolly.

I executed your suggestion and here is the result.

Your port 80 is actually used by :

Server : Apache

Press Enter to exit...

While the Wampserver icon still has orange color, I also tried accessing my desktop thru

//localhost
result is
Index of /
[ICO] Name Last modified Size Description
[DIR] Site - Eomons/ 2012-06-12 06:57 -
[ ] TheUniServerIndex.php 2012-06-19 17:01 3.3K
[DIR] css/ 2012-09-29 15:27 -

and

//192.168.1.150
result is
Forbidden
You don't have permission to access / on this server.

So, what shall I do so that WampServer icon will turn from ORANGE into GREEN?

can you get teamviewer and ill look at it

Steven Martin
stevenmartin99@gmail.com
stevenmartin99@hotmail.com
PampServer.com - [pampserver.com]

Did you let Steven sort you out with a Team Viewer session, or do you still have problems.

nope i didnt look at this yet...

Steven Martin
stevenmartin99@gmail.com
stevenmartin99@hotmail.com
PampServer.com - [pampserver.com]

When I tested the port, this message appear " The port is not actually in used". So, how to solve this problem because the colour of the icon still orange?

mfa,

Start your own thread please.

Give a little more information as well if you wouldnt mind.

Wondows version
WampServer version
Have you tried to install Apache before? using another tool like XAMPP or Apache on its own?
Do you run SKYPE, if so does wampserver start when skype is not running.
Do you run TeamViewer if do does wampserver start when it is not running?

It's been a long while since I last posted my message and sorry that i hadn't responded to steven martin's offer to take a look at my problem using teamviewer. My internet service was down but luckily I was able to figure out the cause. Now, my winampserver icon is finally GREEN and ONLINE.

My next question is, how will I be able to access my website using my laptop that is connected to my home network wirelessly? In other words, what address will I type and enter in the address bar of my internet browser of my laptop so that it will open the web page in my desktop web server?

thanks,

eomons

There are a number of ways but here is the simple one.

On your laptop use the IP address of your server machine instead of the word localhost.
So http ://192.168.1.x/fred

where fred would be a folder below the c:\wamp\www i.e. c:\wamp\www\fred


To find your servers IP address open a command window on the server PC, and keyin >ipconfig

You should see a few lines presented to you, look for the one titled
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.x


Oh and dont forget to put your Apache Online,

wampmanager -> Put Online

so the security will be opened to other PC's


You wont be able to run phpMyAdmin etc as they also have seperate security. You would not wamp other people to be able to view your database so they are only alowed from the wampserver PC.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/14/2012 09:10AM by RiggsFolly.

RiggsFolly Wrote:
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> All you need to do is put your server online.
>
> wampmanager -> Put Online
>
> By default and for security reasons wamp
> configures apache to limits access to ip
> 127.0.0.1, when you put online wamp edits your
> httpd.conf and change the security, then restarts
> apache to activate that config.
Thanks for that .. great answer to my problem.

Igbar