Problem with running httpd on port 8080
Posted: 10. June 2009 14:06
Hi
I have downloaded the 1.7.1 and installed it on my windows machine with XP and Service Pack 3. When I start the apache server, I see that it does not start. I have read in the FAQs for XAMPP for windows that windows firewall can block port 80 and thus either the firewall needs to be disabled or the port need to be changed.
Unfortunately I can install software on my machine, but I cannot disable the firewall as I am not the administrator of the machine. I have tried changing the port in the httpd.conf but to no avail...I see that my browser cannot connect to http://localhost at port 8080. But when I connect to http://localhost, I get a blank page. Now I am not sure why changing the httpd.conf file (Listen 8080 and ServerName localhost:8080) doesn't make the apache run the server with port 8080.
Is there any other way to change the listening port for the apache server?
Any help is appreciated,
Thanks in Advance,
Divick
I have downloaded the 1.7.1 and installed it on my windows machine with XP and Service Pack 3. When I start the apache server, I see that it does not start. I have read in the FAQs for XAMPP for windows that windows firewall can block port 80 and thus either the firewall needs to be disabled or the port need to be changed.
Unfortunately I can install software on my machine, but I cannot disable the firewall as I am not the administrator of the machine. I have tried changing the port in the httpd.conf but to no avail...I see that my browser cannot connect to http://localhost at port 8080. But when I connect to http://localhost, I get a blank page. Now I am not sure why changing the httpd.conf file (Listen 8080 and ServerName localhost:8080) doesn't make the apache run the server with port 8080.
Is there any other way to change the listening port for the apache server?
Any help is appreciated,
Thanks in Advance,
Divick