apache all setup just some gliches...

alright well i got apache 1.3.19 setup for windows 98. I get it to display my webpage using server name and ip but nobody else can see it even trying to just use my ip. I can't even get through using my aol browser i have to use local host(127.0.0.1). what do i need to do?? is att(mediaone) blocking port 80 or something like that. also when i try to do "apache -k restart" i get an error that it "cannot read /*apache dir*//logs/httpd.pid". i tried to create a blank document httpd.pid in notepad to see what would happen and that didn't work. couldn't find anywhere what to do for it. Thanks for ur time. peace.

Don

if http.pid doesn't exists than that probably indicates that your server is not running at all. ( as it name implies it should contain the process id of the running server. ) i have never installed apache under windows ( and i guess i will never do so ), but you can check wether it's running or not. use the following address in your browser http://127.0.0.1/. if the "it worked" page comes up than it's working if not then it's not.

neverthless to say if it's not running than nobody will be able to access it ...

well i got the its working web page to display but i changed it to my webpage. Using just IE i got it to work using server name, ip, and local host. it only works with local host using the aol web browser and none of my friends are able to access my site using servername(obviously) or ip which should work. Thanks for the reply.

Don

well, i don't see the reason why your ISP would block some of your ports. usually it costs a lot of money to configure it at the ISP side. In case you got an ADSL connection or something equally fast connection to the .net then it might worth it .... but otherwise ?

Do you happen to have a personal firewall or something similar installed on your computer ? If you have then plse. check it's configuration, maybe you blocking yourself

Other option is to check your server configuration :
- check the access restrictions you put in place
- check the port the server is listening to ( by default it's 80 )
- and always check your log files

Make sure your ServerName directive is pointing to either your domain name or your IP address.(not 127.0.0.1)

Also I seen something in there about aol web browser which as far as I know is for Dial up connections only which uses dynamic IP addresses. This means that everytime you get online you are going to have a different IP address, so make sure your IP address is correct, (Start-menu - Run - then type winipcfg).

i got it to work but still not in aol. while i was at school i figured id try it and it worked. http://66.30.160.156:4321 i left it on that port for a little. im gonna change it back to 80 if anybody would like to try. try both and post it up whether or not u got to it. Thanks.

Don