Localhost stopped working on xampp
HI Experts,
On a separate machine I have installed xampp, and the admin page was working. A few days this machine was off, and then I installed NetBeans without re-checking if the Apache Admin site was working (http://localhost).
After installing Netbeans I wanted to go to phpMyAdmin, but it did not work. I did realized that the Apache admin site was not working also.
I disabled Windows Firewall, and my 3rd party antivirus/firewall, but still no dice. I unhooked my NAS drive from the network and it worked for a few minutes, then stopped again. I even unhooked my machine from the entire network, but it did not help.
I read online that it conflicts with Skype, and I used to have Skype on this machine, but removed it. I also don't have IIS on this machine.
Thank you
On a separate machine I have installed xampp, and the admin page was working. A few days this machine was off, and then I installed NetBeans without re-checking if the Apache Admin site was working (http://localhost).
After installing Netbeans I wanted to go to phpMyAdmin, but it did not work. I did realized that the Apache admin site was not working also.
I disabled Windows Firewall, and my 3rd party antivirus/firewall, but still no dice. I unhooked my NAS drive from the network and it worked for a few minutes, then stopped again. I even unhooked my machine from the entire network, but it did not help.
I read online that it conflicts with Skype, and I used to have Skype on this machine, but removed it. I also don't have IIS on this machine.
Thank you
I'd maybe make sure your application is listening on localhost. One thing you can also do is make sure even apache is listening on localhost, try doing a telnet to localhost on port 80 and see what that yields.
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how can I do what you say?
Telnet to localhost on port 80 and you should see it connect. Then maybe instead of going to http://localhost try going to http://ipaddress see if that yields some different results.
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I tried http://192.168.1.117, but same error - server not reachable.
I do not understand what is telnet and how do I use it.
I do not understand what is telnet and how do I use it.
type "telnet localhost 80" from the server and see if it responds with something like
Connected to localhost.
Escape character is '^]'.
then that is a good sign.
if it says something like
Trying 127.0.0.1...
telnet: connect to address 127.0.0.1: Connection refused
that's a bad sign and should start looking at the application being started. Also try alternating "localhost" for the server IP address and see what result you get.
Connected to localhost.
Escape character is '^]'.
then that is a good sign.
if it says something like
Trying 127.0.0.1...
telnet: connect to address 127.0.0.1: Connection refused
that's a bad sign and should start looking at the application being started. Also try alternating "localhost" for the server IP address and see what result you get.
ASKER
from cmd I get 'telnet is not recognized ...
ASKER
Ok, I googled this and enabled Telnet Client, but not Telnet Server
After I re-ran telnet localhost 80 and get a blank screen.
Should I also enable Telnet Server?
What do I do next?
After I re-ran telnet localhost 80 and get a blank screen.
Should I also enable Telnet Server?
What do I do next?
if it got a blank screen, you're likely in good shape. That means the server is listening on localhost. Likely if you have skype installed, it is listening on port 80 as well. If you have skype installed, you're likely going to have to uninstall it. which it looks like you have. You can run a "netstat -ab" and see what app is listening on port 80.
http://community.skype.com/t5/Modern-Windows-from-Windows/How-to-change-port/td-p/1173550
http://community.skype.com/t5/Modern-Windows-from-Windows/How-to-change-port/td-p/1173550
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These are my netstat results, and I se port 80 for a few.
However, I did a search for "localhost" and it isn't found, though I have apache started as a service.
netstat.txt
However, I did a search for "localhost" and it isn't found, though I have apache started as a service.
netstat.txt
So it looks like your computer is indeed listening on port 80 and apache the application listening. Could you perhaps post your apache config?
ASKER
Where is my Apache config
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