question about viewing pages

[Pouncer]

when i do:

http://<my-ip>/Pyscho.txt

i can see the text file on the web myself, but when i give the link to other people, they get:

'The page cannot be displayed '

any ideas why they cant see it?

[ninjanutz]

send me the link

[PlaGuE]

!)do you have a server running?.
2)is the ip correct?
[REMVOED BY MOD]
4)are the ports open?
5)is a firewall running?
6)is the firewall blocking any incoming/outgoing traffic?

[visualAd]

when i do:

http://<my-ip>/Pyscho.txt

i can see the text file on the web myself, but when i give the link to other people, they get:

'The page cannot be displayed '

any ideas why they cant see it?

Your IP?

It depends what it is. If your IP address looks anything like this then its a local IP address and it is not accessable from the internet:

127.0.0.1
172.16.x.x - 172.31.x.x
192.168.0.x - 192.168.255.x
10.x.x.x

If your address does fall into one of these ranges then you need to find your external IP address, ie: the one assigned to your modem. As mentioned above by plague, you should also check that your firewall is not blocking incoming requests on TCP port 80 - if it is then anyone who trys to connect will either get a timeout or a connection refused error.