Apache cant be seen on WAN

[herkulis nugent]

Hello,
The default installation page was not visible from the internet even though http://localhost showed it, and internet connection to other sites worked. The default installation page was also visible from within the LAN if I connected it to my laptop via a hub. I used Window XP Pro and already disabled the internal firewall. No router. I tried a few ports different from 80, and all worked as supposed to locally but not on the internet. My ISP said they didnt block any ports. Could someone help me?
[ March 06, 2003: Message edited by: herkulis nugent ]

[Tim Holloway]

"localhost" means the computer you're sitting in front of, not the one you want to talk to. Try http://123.456.789.123 (using the server's IP address in place of my funny numbers).

[herkulis nugent]

I tried http://localhost, http://127.0.0.1 and http://x.x.x (my ISP issued IP) and they all worked on the computer running the server. http://x.x.x (same ISP issued IP) also worked when I tried it from another computer connected to the server.

[Tim Holloway]

Yup. 127.0.0.1 is the standard IP address for localhost. So it, too refers to the machine that you're sitting in front of.