Need help with apache :(

can't get it running at all :-/

[Mystical Ice]

Hi

Today i downloaded the "binary installer" (.msi) Apache 2.03. I installed it, (for "domain name" and "server name" i put "localhost" (i was advised to do that)), and it shows in the bottom left that "all services are running", but i can't get to it. if i open a browser and try to go to 127.0.0.1, or localhost, or my IP, it just times out, (or gives a DNS error if i put http:// before them)... the server is not behind a firewall, so what could the problem be? i was assuming that the default apache configuration would be able to run, just basically, and i could configure stuff from there as i found it out, but apparently it doesn't :( is there something that i should do that i don't know about? I'm running windows 2000 pro, by the way.

please help me out here, i'm on a deadline, can't change my plane ticket and other arrangements :(

[Mystical Ice]

worth mentioning: i've tried uninstalling and reinstalling dozens of times, but i recently uninstalled and installed 1.33 Apache. it worked like a charm

however, i really want to run v.2 :(

what's the difference that would make one version not work and the other work?

[moltar]

If you installed the apache on the any other computer than the one you are trying to access it from, then you cannot access it by "localhost".

localhost is always the address of the computer you are on at the moment. You need to type in the IP address of the server apache is on.

[Mystical Ice]

right i know, but i can't access the server from ANY computer... the one running apache, computers on the same network, computers outside the network, etc. if i use the external IP, if i use the computer's NAT IP (from inside the network), or if i use the loopback 127.0.0.1 or localhost from the computer that's running apache.

with version 1.33 it works fine, but when i do the exact. same. thing. with version 2, it doesn't :(