Re: Windows XP Compatibility??

In Reply to: Windows XP Compatibility?? posted by Jim on April 16, 2002 at 23:01:23:

: MWSVersionNum: MyWebServer 1.0.2 Build 03.27.02

: OperatingSystem: Windows XP Professional

: InternetConnection: Cable Modem

: Description:

: Actually - I'm running WINDOWS XP PROFESSIONAL.

: I find your program to be (from what I can tell) A TERRIFIC IDEA!

: It appears that everything works beautifully (Locally) - But whenever I try to access my "web server" from an alternate PC over the Internet, it eventually times out, with a "GATEWAY TIMEOUT" error message.

: * I am running NO firewall software or hardware.

: * I can run alternate P2P software without incident.

: Is this due to Windows XP?

: Please advise, I'd love to utilize the functionality of this software!!

Windows XP Pro has a built in Internet Connection Firewall. MyWebServer works well on Windows XP althouth it requires some configuration.

You should read the following articles.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q297942
talks about similar problem see more information paragraph 2

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q291983
Port 80 might be in use already

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q283673
Internet Connection firewall

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q308006
Troubleshooting Internet Connection Sharing in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q306126
HOW TO: Configure Internet Connection Sharing in Windows XP

According to one of the above articles Microsoft is using Port 80 and 443 for Windows Product Activation. So it may be difficult to use port 80 for your web server.

This means you may need to use another port, one that is not being used, for your web server. You need to add a colon and the port number to the end of your url.

if your IP address was 11.12.13.14 and your port number was 8000 your url would be:
http://11.12.13.14:8000