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[Jeff McKenna]

ahh the XP firewall.

good luck on your project.

jeff




behrooz at yorku.ca wrote:
> Hi Jeff,
> 
> I got it going!
> I thought it was a windows firewall problem. So from control panel/windows 
> firewall/advanced, I restored default settings. Now I can start my course 
> project. I'll be asking a lot of questions.
> 
> thank you for your help
> 
> regards,
> Behrooz
> 
> Quoting Jeff McKenna <jmckenna at dmsolutions.ca>:
> 
> 
>>Hi Behrooz,
>>
>>That is a mystery to me.  I'll keep asking around for ideas, and maybe 
>>another person on this list has an idea.
>>
>>jeff
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>behrooz at yorku.ca wrote:
>>
>>>Hi Jeff,
>>>I got a reply to 'ping 127.0.0.1' and I tried your suggestions in "other 
>>>things to try" with no success. I did not have Internet connectivity for a
>>
>>few 
>>
>>>hours due to server problems. I tried http://localhost/ and
>>
>>http://127.0.0.1/ 
>>
>>>and both worked (MS4W main index.html page was displayed). when server
>>
>>problem 
>>
>>>was fixed and my computer was connected to Internet, I again tried 
>>>http://localhost/ and http://127.0.0.1/ and every thing looked OK (MS4W
>>
>>main 
>>
>>>index.html page was displayed). I tried http://localhost/ and
>>
>>http://127.0.0.1/
>>
>>>the next morning and this time I got the same error message "The page
>>
>>cannot
>>
>>>be displayed". By the way a user asked me if I was using a proxy server. I
>>
>>am 
>>
>>>not. What else do you suggest?
>>>
>>>regards,
>>>Behrooz
>>>
>>>Quoting Jeff McKenna <jmckenna at dmsolutions.ca>:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Hi Behrooz,
>>>>
>>>>Hmm, this is definitely an interesting one.  I'm not sure what is 
>>>>causing that.  If you open a command prompt and 'ping 127.0.0.1' do you 
>>>>get a reply?  If you don't get a response, maybe it's an XP SP2 firewall 
>>>>issue (?).  Make sure the XP firewall is fully shut down and give it a 
>>>>try again.
>>>>
>>>>other things to try:
>>>>
>>>>- specify "ServerName 127.0.0.1" in httpd.conf (/ms4w/apache/conf/)
>>>>
>>>>- modify your 'hosts' file (/windows/system32/drivers/etc/) and try 
>>>>placing "yourIP localhost" in it (and reboot)
>>>>
>>>>Maybe other users have some ideas.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>jeff
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>behrooz at yorku.ca wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Dear All,
>>>>>I have installed ms4w following instructions. I can see ms4w in 
>>>>>my C drive and all subdirectories match the structure described in 
>>>>>read me file.When I test to see if apache is running properly using 
>>>>>http://localhost/ or http://127.0.0.1/ I get error message "The page
>>
>>cannot
>>
>>>>be 
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>displayed"
>>>>>But when I use my IP address then I see MS4W main index.html page.
>>>>>apache map server is started every time I start my computer an I can 
>>>>>check it's status in services. My OS is XP but I do not have IIS.
>>>>>I have installed ms4w on another computer with no problems. Any 
>>>>>suggestions?
>>>>>regards,
>>>>>Behrooz
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>

-- 
Jeff McKenna
GIS Specialist
DM Solutions Group Inc.
http://www.dmsolutions.ca