How to enable local network users to access my WAMP sites

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First of all  I read at least 20 articles about this topic  and not one of them can match up the scenario and I screwed up the process numerous times  So I turn help by offering my specific scenario if any help will be appreciated   Laptops or other devices are connected through a wireless router   I ve tried    Enable Port 80 on firewall  nothing happened  Run ping  ipconfig and tried IPv4 address there  denied access or bring me to verizon  my ISP   router config page  Tried config Apache  was a mess  never get all the authorization setup in numerous posts and tried one of promising one  which crashed my WAMP  have to went through all the trouble and reinstall    What I really tried to accomplish is really simply allow all users connect to that wireless router be able to acces my Win8 hosted WAMP sites   I wonder if there is any specific steps that I can walk through to make it really work   WAMP 2 4 on Win8 1  Laptop host local sites

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What finally worked for me is what I found here:

http://www.codeproject.com/Tips/395286/How-to-Access-WAMP-Server-in-LAN-or-WAN

To summarize:

set Listen in httpd.conf:

Listen 192.168.1.154:8081
Add Allow from all to this section:

<Directory "cgi-bin"> AllowOverride None Options None Order allow,deny Allow from all </Directory>
Set an inbound port rule. I think the was the crucial missing part for me:

Great! The next step is to open port (8081) of the server such that everyone can access your server. This depends on which OS you are using. Like if you are using Windows Vista, then follow the below steps.

Open Control Panel >> System and Security >> Windows Firewall then click on “Advance Setting” and then select “Inbound Rules” from the left panel and then click on “Add Rule…”. Select “PORT” as an option from the list and then in the next screen select “TCP” protocol and enter port number “8081” under “Specific local port” then click on the ”Next” button and select “Allow the Connection” and then give the general name and description to this port and click Done.

Now you are done with PORT opening as well.

Next is “Restart All Services” of WAMP and access your machine in LAN or WAN.

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Put your wamp server online  and then go to control panel   system and security   windows firewall and turn windows firewall off  now you can access your wamp server from another computer over local network by the network IP of computer which have wamp server installed like http   192 168 2 34 mysite

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In WAMPServer 3 you dont do this in httpd conf  Instead edit  wamp bin apache apache version  conf extra httpd-vhost conf and do the same chnage to the Virtual Host defined for localhost  WAMPServer 3 comes with a Virtual Host pre defined for localhost

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See the end of this post for how to do this in WAMPServer 3 For WampServer 2 5 and previous versions WAMPServer is designed to be a single seat developers tool  Apache is therefore configure by default to only allow access from the PC running the server i e  localhost or 127 0 0 1 or   1 But as it is a full version of Apache all you need is a little knowledge of the server you are using  The simple   hammer to crack a nut   way is to use the  Put Online  wampmanager menu option  left click wampmanager icon - gt  Put Online  This however tells Apache it can accept connections from any ip address in the universe  That s not a problem as long as you have not port forwarded port 80 on your router  or never ever will attempt to in the future  The more sensible way is to edit the httpd conf file   again using the wampmanager menu s   and change the Apache access security manually  left click wampmanager icon - gt  Apache - gt  httpd conf  This launches the httpd conf file in notepad  Look for this section of this file  lt Directory  quot d  wamp www quot  gt              Possible values for the Options directive are  quot None quot    quot All quot         or any combination of          Indexes Includes FollowSymLinks SymLinksifOwnerMatch ExecCGI MultiViews             Note that  quot MultiViews quot  must be named  explicitly  ---  quot Options All quot        doesn t give it to you              The Options directive is both complicated and important   Please see       http   httpd apache org docs 2 4 mod core html options       for more information            Options Indexes FollowSymLinks              AllowOverride controls what directives may be placed in  htaccess files        It can be  quot All quot    quot None quot   or any combination of the keywords          AllowOverride FileInfo AuthConfig Limit           AllowOverride All              Controls who can get stuff from this server             Require all granted     onlineoffline tag - don t remove      Order Deny Allow      Deny from all      Allow from 127 0 0 1      Allow from   1      Allow from localhost  lt  Directory gt   Now assuming your local network subnet uses the address range 192 168 0   Add this line after Allow from localhost Allow from 192 168 0  This will tell Apache that it is allowed to be accessed from any ip address on that subnet  Of course you will need to check that your router is set to use the 192 168 0 range  This is simply done by entering this command from a command window ipconfig and looking at the line labeled IPv4 Address  you then use the first 3 sections of the address you see in there  For example if yours looked like this - IPv4 Address                        192 168 2 11  You would use Allow from 192 168 2  UPDATE for Apache 2 4 users Of course if you are using Apache 2 4 the syntax for this has changed  You should replace ALL of this section   Order Deny Allow Deny from all Allow from 127 0 0 1 Allow from   1 Allow from localhost  With this  using the new Apache 2 4 syntax Require local Require ip 192 168 0  You should not just add this into httpd conf it must be a replace  For WAMPServer 3 and above In WAMPServer 3 there is a Virtual Host defined by default  Therefore the above suggestions do not work  You no longer need to make ANY amendments to the httpd conf file  You should leave it exactly as you find it  Instead  leave the server OFFLINE as this funtionality is defunct and no longer works  which is why the Online Offline menu has become optional and turned off by default  Now you should edit the  wamp bin apache apache version  conf extra httpd-vhosts conf file  In WAMPServer3 0 6 and above there is actually a menu that will open this file in your editor left click wampmanager - gt  Apache - gt  httpd-vhost conf  just like the one that has always existsed that edits your httpd conf file  It should look like this if you have not added any of your own Virtual Hosts     Virtual Hosts     lt VirtualHost   80 gt      ServerName localhost     DocumentRoot c  wamp www      lt Directory   quot c  wamp www  quot  gt          Options  Indexes  FollowSymLinks  MultiViews         AllowOverride All         Require local      lt  Directory gt   lt  VirtualHost gt   Now simply change the Require parameter to suite your needs EG If you want to allow access from anywhere replace Require local with Require all granted  If you want to be more specific and secure and only allow ip addresses within your subnet add access rights like this to allow any PC in your subnet Require local Require ip 192 168 1  Or to be even more specific Require local Require ip 192 168 1 100 Require ip 192 168 1 101

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go to     C  wamp alias   Inside alias folder you will see some files like phpmyadmin phpsysinfo etc     open each file  and you can see inside file some commented instruction are give to access from outside  like     to give access to phpmyadmin from outside      replace the lines  Require local  by  Require all granted

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I have some experiences in Wamp 3 0 and Apache 2 4    After all works do this steps   1- Disable nod32   2- Add this line to  lt VirtualHost   80 gt  block in httpd-vhosts conf file   Require ip 192 168 100  client ip  allow 192 168 100     ip s access

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Because I just went through this - I wanted to give my solution even though this is a bit old   I have several computers on a home router and I have been working on some projects for myself   Well  I wanted to see what it looked like on my mobil devices   But WAMP was set so I could only get on from the development system   So I began looking around and found this article as well as some others   The problem is - none of them worked for me   So I was left to figure this out on my own   My solution   First  in the HTTPD CONF file you need to add one line to the end of the list of what devices are allowed to access your WAMP server   So instead of        Require all granted     onlineoffline tag - don t remove      Order Deny Allow      Deny from all      Allow from 127 0 0 1      Allow from   1      Allow from localhost   make it        Require all granted     onlineoffline tag - don t remove      Order Deny Allow      Deny from all      Allow from 127 0 0 1      Allow from   1      Allow from localhost      Allow from 192 168 78   The above says that any device that is on your router  the  78  is just an arbitrary number picked for this solution   It should be whatever your router is set up for   So it might be 192 168 1 or 192 168 0 or even 192 168 254 - you have to look it up on your router   can now access your server   The above did NOT do anything for me - at first   There is more you need to do   But first - what you do NOT need to do   You do NOT need to change the WAMP setting from Offline to Online   FOR ME - changing that setting doesn t do anything   Unknown why - it just doesn t   So change it if you want - but I don t think it needs to be changed   So what else DOES need to be changed   You have to go all the way back to the beginning of the httpd conf file for this next change and it is really simple   You have to add a new line after the  Listen Localhost 80   add  Listen 192 168 78     80   Where the       is what IP your server is on   So let s say your server is on IP number 234   Then the above command would become  Listen localhost 80 Listen 192 168 78 234 80   Again - the  78  is just an arbitrary number I picked   To get your real IP number you have to open a command window and type in  ipconfig all   command   Look for what your TCP IPv4 number is and set it to that number or TCP IPv6 if that is all you have  although on internal router sets you usually have an IPv4 number    Note  In case you do not know how to bring up a command window - you click on Start  select the  Run  option  and type  cmd exe  in to the dialog box without the quotes   On newer systems  since they keep changing everything  it might be the white windows icon or the circle or Bill Gates jumping up and down   Whatever it is - click on it   Once you have done the above - restart all services and everything should come up just fine   Finally - why   Why do you have to change the Listen command   It has to do with localhost    localhost  is set to 127 0 0 1 and NOT your IP address by default   This can be found in your host file which is usually found in the system32 folder under Windows but probably has been moved by Microsoft to somewhere else   Look it up online for where it is and go look at it   If you see a lot of sex  porn  etc sites in your localhost host file - you need to get rid of them  unless that is your thing    I suggest RogueKiller  at AdLice com  be used to take a look at your system because it can reset your host file for you   If your host file is normal though - it should contain just one entry and that entry is to set localhost to 127 0 0 1   That is why using localhost in the httpd conf file makes it so you only can work on everything and see everything from your server computer   So if you feel adventurous - change your host file and leave the Listen command alone OR just change the Listen command to listen to port 80 on your server   NEW  I forgot to put in this part   You MAY have to change your TCP IP address    Mine is already set up so I didn t need to do this   You will need to look up for your OS how to get to where your TCP IP address is defined   Under Windows XP this was Control Panel- Network Connections   This has changed in later OSs so you have to look up how to get there   Anyway  once there you will see your Wireless Network Connection or Local Area Connection  Windows    Basically WIFI or Ethernet cable   Select the one that is active and in use   Under Windows you then right-click and select Properties   A dialog should pop-up and you should see a list of checkboxes with what they are to the side   Look for the one that is for TCP IP   There should be one that says TCP IP v4   Select it    If there isn t one - you should proceed with caution   Click the Properties button and you should get another dialog box   This one shows either  Obtain an IP address automatically  or  Use the following IP address  selected   If it is the first one then you have to change it to the second one   BUT BEFORE YOU DO THAT - bring up a command window and type in the ipcongfig all command so you have  right there in front of you  what your default gateway is   Then change it from  Obtain     to  Use       Where it says  IP address  put in the IP address you want to always use   This is the IP address you put in on the Listen command above   The second line  Subnet mask  usually is 255 255 255 0 meaning only the last number  ie  0  changes   Then  looking back at the command window put in your default gateway   Last  but not least  when you changed from  Obtain     to  Use     the DNS settings may have changed   If the section which deals with DNS settings has changed to  Use     and it is blank - the answer is simple   Just look at that ipconfig all output  find the DNS setting s  there and put them in to the fields provided   Once done click the OK button and then click the second OK button   Once the dialog closes you may have to reboot your system for the changes to take effect   Try it out by going to Google or Stack Overflow   If you can still go places - then no reboot is required   Otherwise  reboot   Remember   If you can t get on the internet afterwards all you do is go back and reset everything to the  Obtain     option   The most likely reason  after making the changes  that you can no longer get on the internet is because the TCP IP address you chose to use is already in use by the router   The saying  There can be only one  goes for TCP IP addresses too   This is why I always pick a high one-hundreds number or a low two-hundreds number   Because most DHCP set ups use numbers less than fifty   So in this way you don t collide with someone else s TCP IP number   This is how I fixed my problem

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if you use Windows and if you do all comments in above    You can check your network and sharing center   Network and Sharing Center -  Advanced sharing settings - Home or Work Profile Change   Thanks good work

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You must have the Apache process  httpd exe  allowed through firewall  recommended     Or disable your firewall on LAN  just to test  not recommended    Example with Wamp  with Apache activated     Check if Wamp is published locally if it is  continue  Access Control Panel Click  Firewall  Click  Allow app through firewall  Click  Allow some app  Find and choose C  wamp64 bin apache2 bin httpd exe Restart Wamp   Now open the browser in another host of your network and access your Apache server by IP  e g  192 168 0 5   You can discover your local host IP by typing ipconfig on your command prompt   It works

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it s simple   and it s really worked for me    run you wamp server   gt  click right mouse button   gt  and click on  put online    then open your cmd as an administrateur   and pass in this commande word   ipconfig   gt  and press enter   then lot of adresses show-up   then you have just to take the first one   it s look like this example  Adresse IPv4                             192 168 67 190 well done     that s the adresse  that you will use to cennecte to your wampserver in local

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