Re[2]: [PHP-WIN] PHP/Apache/Win95

If you will be browsing your website from the same computer that serves it, 127.0.0.1 or localhost is OK, but if you will be browsing from a different computer (connected through a LAN), you should put the actual IP address of the server (ServerName setting, httpd.conf). Pablo. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Friday, October 06, 2000, 6:07:03 PM, Julie wrote: JM> You can also try substituting 127.0.0.1 for localhost. JM> Gonzalo Vera wrote: >> After unpacking Apache (1.3.12, I suppose) on Win95 all you have to >> configure is in the httpd.conf, the ServerName directive, which is >> commented. After uncommenting it and writing "localhost" or your name >> of choice, Apache should fire up. >> >> Now, the kind of error seems more like IE5 or DUN config error: IE >> seems to be trying to use RAS forcefully, and if you don't dial you >> won't be able to browse your own server. >> >> To check if apache is up and going, try this: telnet localhost:80, >> press any key and ENTER. Apache should answer with a lot of handshake >> text and disconnect. >> >> Try Control Panel, Internet options, somewhere around "Connection", an >> option that will allow you to use internet without RAS. You could also >> try some other browser... >> >> Gonzalo. >> >> > I'm trying to run PHP and Apache on W95 for testing purposes. >> > I can start Apache. If I enter "localhost" in IE5 I get error "cannot >> > connect to this site while offline". It keeps trying to connect. I can't >> > get past this problem to see if everything else works. >> > Would appreciate any help or suggestions. >> > Robert >> >> >> >>