Setting up a webserver

[gtgoku]

I am anewbie. I have just installed Apache, PHP and Perl, successfully and able to access my localhost.

How can i make this Apache server accessable to other people on the net, I have a broadband connection and my ip is 10.11.34.4

Please help me.

[semsem]

Which Operating System are you using

[gtgoku]

Iam using win 98.

[semsem]

is apache running.......there are several ways to test it.....open notepad, write anything in it, save the page as (index.html), save it to the default directory of Apache (C:/Program Files/Apache Group/Apache2/htdocs)....{you can also change that if you want, i will tell you about that later}.....and then open internet explorer....type in http://localhost if your index.html comes up....Apache is up and running successfully......the next step is by IP....type in http://10.11.34.4 and that should bring up your index.html page.......now if that works.......try it from a different machine.......and if it works, then you are online......***it may need to be index.php......but i don't think so!!, but if (index.html) doesn't work, try (index.php)


hope this helps.....my experience is limited to Apache on linux....sorry!!

sam

[semsem]

C:/Program Files/Apache Group/Apache2/htdocs

is the default directory of your web server......meaning if you put index.html there, and type in http://localhost in your I.Explorer, it should work.......i just tried it on my Winxp machine, and it worked fine

hope this helped
sam

[gtgoku]

If i type
http://localhost
and
http://10.11.34.4
I am able to see the index.html file
but when i try to access
http://10.11.34.4 from another system it says operation tmed out.
Please Help:(

[semsem]

sometimes, it can take Apache a day or two to be recognized by the other Internet Servers.......i would say, just leave the win 98 machine on, with Apache running, and try it again after 24 hrs...and then let me know

thanks
sam

[gtgoku]

Sam thanks for the advice, I will follow it. I have installed indigoperl, so has that gotta do anything with this problem of mine.

[semsem]

is it working now?