why connection is refused by accessing the real IP?

scorpioy

I installed Apache on my Windows XP. I'm sharing the internet with a few other people by a router. When I access my php pages from http://localhost/file.php, it's perfectly working, but when I use [url]http://.../file.php,[/url] where ... is the real IP address on that router. It gets the error: 'the connection was refused when attempting to contact ...'

I added Apache to my router's virtual server list; I also added it to control panel->network connection->internet->property->setting->service. It was working before by using [url]http://.../file.php[/url]

Accidently, one of people who share the router delete Apache from the 'service'. I added it back, but it's not working any more. I delete Apache re-added it to those two places again. It's still not working, and has the problem I wrote above.

Does someone have some idea how to fix this problem? Is there any way I can set my PC so that other people sharing the router can't access or edit my setting on the Apache, such as those two places I mentioned?

Thanks a lot.

The_Chancer

Have you tried disabling the XP firewall ?

scorpioy

Yes, I disabled it. It still has the same problem.
I just don't understand why it would be like this.

laserlight

Is there any way I can set my PC so that other people sharing the router can't access or edit my setting on the Apache, such as those two places I mentioned?

I doubt it, unless you restrict administrative privileges on the router from them.

I'm not very good at this sort of thing myself, but have you tried using say, port forwarding so that requests on port 80 is routed to your computer?

piersk

Originally posted by laserlight
I'm not very good at this sort of thing myself, but have you tried using say, port forwarding so that requests on port 80 is routed to your computer?

That would be what I suggested doing. However, on some routers, you can't access your computer through the external IP cos the routers tend to get confused

scorpioy

Originally posted by laserlight
have you tried using say, port forwarding so that requests on port 80 is routed to your computer?

Could you tell me how to set that?

As I mentioned in the first post, it was working before by accessing from real IP address. At that time, I set Apache's port as 80 on the router's virtual server list and 8000 on the 'service'. (80 is already occupied by HTTP on the 'service').

Now, since Apache on the 'service' list is changed once, it's not working any more.

piersk

Originally posted by scorpioy
Could you tell me how to set that?

That all depends on what router you are using.

Now, since Apache on the 'service' list is changed once, it's not working any more.

Take it off the service list??

laserlight

80 is already occupied by HTTP on the 'service'

Um, a webserver is a http server.