Two comps- one Apache server

[james14]

Hey guys, I have two computers. One computer has apache server on it. Now, I want to be able to access that localhost on my computer downsairs. The two computers are connected through network already but I don't know how to get Apache to be recognized over on the other computer.

Any ideas? I don't know if this is even possible. I am relatively new to this so any help at all is appreciated!!

Thank you

James

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You need to use the LAN IP address of the computer with Apache on.

• Go to Start Menu-->Run
• Type cmd and press enter
• At the command promt type the following: ipconfig
• The IP address is highlighted below:
  

  C:\>ipconfig
  
  Windows 2000 IP Configuration
  
  Ethernet adapter LAN:
  
          Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . : codedv.com
          IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.10.1.3
          Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
          Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.10.1.1

To display the web pages from other PC's on your LAN, enter the following into your browser:

http://10.10.1.3/

Obviously you would change the IP address to yours

[james14]

Phew, it looked like it would be hard, but it wasn't. Thanks for the info (sorry for the late reply, havn't been able to spend much time on the computer)

One more thing, is it possible to find a file on my localhost from my computer at school (not the same network)? Doing this without actually putting it on the WWW?

I'm not sure if it could be done, and if so how? (I've been searching for awhile but no answers yet )

[james14]

I am currently doing this tutorial - Click Here

However, I'm stuck on this part:

Then create a password file by typing:

htpasswd -c C:\Documents and Settings\my_password_file James

Replace the path with the path of your new password file (which should in any folder EXCEPT the web server’s document root.) When prompted, enter the password you want to set up. Once you’ve done that, a password file will be created.

The part in bold never comes up. I never get prompted for password to be set up. It just gives me a list of all the letters and their functions. Anyone know how to complete this? I don't want an unsecure webserver