Hi there, Im stuck here: one LAN two laptops(OS Vista) one laptop running Apache 2.2 I can ping both ways lap runnig apache has access to myserver.dev thorugh http//localhost or 127.0.0.1 or myserv.dev itself other machine cant access myserver.dev I tried access throogh IP of that machine wich is runnig apache but it didn work hosts file is configured as follows: =========hosts======================= 127.0.0.1 localhost 255.255.255.255 broadcasthost 127.0.0.1 myserver.dev 127.0.0.1 www.myserver.dev ================================= When I try to connect, connection times out. before I tried following config of hosts file =======before===================== 127.0.0.1 localhost 255.255.255.255 broadcasthost 192.168.1.78 myserver.dev 192.168.1.78 www.myserver.dev ===192.168.1.78 is IP of Server laptop======== it didn work either What should be configured in terms to see myserver.dev from both mashines on the same LAN? here are some configuration parts of my httpd: ========httpd======================= #Listen 12.34.56.78:80 Listen 80 # If your host doesn't have a registered DNS name, enter its IP address here. # ServerName www.myserver.dev:80 <Directory /> Options FollowSymLinks AllowOverride None Order deny,allow Deny from all </Directory> <Directory "C:/Program Files/Apache Software Foundation/Apache2.2/cgi-bin"> AllowOverride None Options None Order allow,deny Allow from all </Directory> # Virtual hosts Include conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf =========httpd====================== and here is httpd-vhosts file ============vhosts file======== <VirtualHost *:80> DocumentRoot "C:/Server/www/myserver.dev/public_html" ServerName myserver.dev ServerAlias www.myserver.dev <Directory "C:/Server/www/myserver.dev/public_html"> AllowOverride All Options Indexes FollowSymLinks Order allow,deny Allow from all </Directory> </VirtualHost> ===========v hosts================ please help me to sort out this. thanks in advance

I found the answer myself!!!! there is not the problem in apache configuration at all but the windows firewall restrictions. I should of open tcp port 80 for incoming trafic which in turn apache is listening