sthrnynkee wrote:Could it be that my ISP is blocking incoming port 80 requests or am I just missing a config option?
Sounds precisely what is happening - cable users are more likely to be blocked.
I usually find out by doing a Google search for words similar to this example:
cox blocks port 80Change cox for the ISP you want to check for - usually others will have had the same issue and there may be informative results - often quicker than contacting your ISP's support.
If you have residential Cox, I think they expressly forbid you to have mail/web servers, that sort of thing. If you want to do it, sign up for Cox Business. It costs more, but you get unlimited upload/downloads, no blocked ports, a great deal of leeway, a much better level of support, and the right to have all the servers you want.
You can also change the Listening port in the httpd.conf file from 80 to a different numbered port.
Hosting a web site on your home Apache server is not recommended if using XAMPP because of the very poor security it offers for anything other than developing on localhost.
Also you will experience very slow speeds due to the upload limits placed on home connections by your ISP - there are more secure production server suits out there.