Re: This is NOT the right place to ask this but I am desperate

http://127.0.0.1:8080 "Simon Thurtle" <simon.thurtle@mainlink.co.uk> wrote in message news:bc20oj$hq0$1@main.gmane.org... > Hi all, > > I know this is not the right group to this but I am desperate. I have just > got Apache and I am a total newbie to Apache and to playing with servers, so > as u can imagine I am floundering a tad at the mo!! I have set-up and > cofig'd apache 2.0.46 on a Windows XP machine on a LAN with ADSL net > access.. Now I know the server is working fine as I can interact with it on > a command line and it is showing as started on its ickle control panel. > > Now the problem is that I let the server decide on it's own IP address by > leaving Listen in the config file as just a port no of 8080 (80 is already > used on this machine), but I have no idea how to actually access the server > from a browser as I have no URL or IP to type in!!! Help!! > > How do I find the IP? Or is there something that I have missed/done > wrong/broken? > > I am sure that this is really simple but at the moment the only simple thing > around here is me!! > > All thought or comments welcome. > > Thanks, > > Simon > > >