I am connecting just fine, you may not be able to if your router doesn't support NAT loopback.
Did you read the error message?
Access forbidden!
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New XAMPP security concept:
Access to the requested directory is only available from the local network.
This setting can be configured in the file "httpd-xampp.conf".
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If you think this is a server error, please contact the webmaster.
Error 403
71.188.195.243
6/1/2010 7:49:15 PM
Apache/2.2.14 (Win32) DAV/2 mod_ssl/2.2.14 OpenSSL/0.9.8l mod_autoindex_color PHP/5.3.1 mod_apreq2-20090110/2.7.1 mod_perl/2.0.4 Perl/v5.10.1
read this -
viewtopic.php?f=16&t=39738&p=157863&hilit=security+concept#p157863 Note - until you create YOUR OWN Landing Page (a Home Page of some sort), XAMMP is going to send anyone entering your site to the XAMPP page. That's what is triggering that. the list of 'locations' defines what is off-limits, note - htdocs is not on that list --
Sooo - you probably have not done that.
Good Luck