# LAN/Server Headaches

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/lan-server-headaches/62717>\
**Category:** random\
**Created:** [August 30, 2004, 8:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/lan-server-headaches/62717 "2004-08-30T20:11:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![SeiferTim](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/seifertim/32/188_2.png) [@SeiferTim](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/SeiferTim)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2004, 8:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/lan-server-headaches/62717/1 "2004-08-30T20:11:22Z")

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Okay, someone gave me a used Dell Powertouch 4200 Server, which I installed to a normal DSL Modem. Connected via Cross-over cable is the computer I’m on right now.  
I have XPPro on both computers, with a shared internet connection. That works fine.  
However: One the Server, I have Apache HTTP Server, PHP, and mySQL, and am hosting 2 web-sites off of it. Again - working fine EXCEPT, that I cannot connect to the web-sites from this computer, nor can I access the mySQL server from this computer… I have no idea what’s going on…  
I can put files on the server, by either FTP or windows File Sharing, and Network Drives, but If I pull up Firefox, and type in [http://seifertim.no-ip.com](http://seifertim.no-ip.com) it times out, whereas, from the Server, or any other computer, it works fine…  
Any ideas?

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2004, 8:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/lan-server-headaches/62717/2 "2004-08-30T20:25:08Z")

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Forward Ports?  
Check the virttual hosts?

Those are always things to look at when hosting multiple sites. Oh and I would just go buy a 4 Port dumby switch for your computer and stuff, and or router. Would make future additions easier and less painless.

😃

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2004, 8:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/lan-server-headaches/62717/3 "2004-08-30T20:46:47Z")

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Virtual hosts are all in place and work fine… but I can’t get this comp to connect to the other via IP… or domain name…

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2004, 9:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/lan-server-headaches/62717/4 "2004-08-30T21:12:27Z")

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You need to forward port 80 (outside port 80, inside port 80/whatever is configured in Apache).

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 8:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/lan-server-headaches/62717/5 "2004-08-31T20:13:15Z")

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Well, I figured it out… all I had to do was set FireFox to use 192.168.0.1 (my server’s internal IP) as a proxy server 😛  
Thanks :beam: