big problem on php wamp server running on my pc

[pouncer]

ok ive downloaded and setup wamp 1.6.6. everything works fine when i preview files on the web by

http://localhost/whateverfile.php

but when i do

http://81.my.ip.68/whateverfile.php

it doesnt work, it asks for some username/password and i just asked my friend now to check on his pc, what that link gives him and he gets the 'page not displayed' error

anyone know what i change to get it working?
(i really hope it isn't my router causing this?)

[steviewdr]

Is 81.my.ip.68 your internal or external facing IP address. I think that that ip is for your broadband router, hence been asked for a password, and also because your friend cant access that page.

Read through the posts here on this ApacheServer boards on setting up your broadband router to allow people access your apache webserver.

-steve

[pouncer]

its my external ip,

my internal one is 192.168.1.2 which is my router ip

so it definetely sounds like a router redirect problem? where are your links mate, the apache board this is the board right? is it port forwarding i need to do?

when i do

http://192.168.1.2/whateverpage.php - this works fine
it's just my external ip which i badly need to get working

[steviewdr]

"so it definetely sounds like a router redirect problem?"
Yes.

"where are your links mate, the apache board this is the board right?"
Yes.

"is it port forwarding i need to do?"
Not sure. You need to configure your router to open up port 80 to your internal ip.

Also - it'd be worth looking up your router help page etc. from your ISP etc.

-steve

[pouncer]

thanks alot steve. i basically changed my httpd.conf listening 80 to 8080 and port forwarded 8080 to my router ip

i now have to do http://myip:8080/whateverpages.php but it wrks for everyone now

wud have been nice without the 8080 but i cudnt get port forwarding to wrk for port 80 :s