“The page cannot be displayed” from remote computer

  • I’m setting up my own server (LAMP) on a Windows XP box. I seem to have WP running fine if I access //localhost/blog/index.php from a browser on the local server. But if I try to access the WP index.php page from a client on the same local network (ie. //(ip adress)/blog/index.php) I get a “The page cannot be displayed” message. I can see all other pages that the server is hosting, even the PHP test file. Just not the WP index.php file. Why?

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  • Because you have “localhost in your settings in Options > General: 2 URI values.
    Every machine in the world thinks of ‘localhost’ as of itself.

    I have a similar scenario … running LAMP server using Ubuntu. Is there any way to access wordpress from another computer on the network. I’m building the site and don’t have it on-line yet. Being able to access the page remotely would really help.

    Thanks,

    Is there any way to access wordpress from another computer on the network

    Yes. Go to the dashboard, Settings > General > WordPress address (URL)
    Blog address (URL), and change “localhost” to the internal network address of the box it is installed on. For example, 192.168.x.x. This will allow access from inside your network. You will not, however be able to access it any longer from the box you installed it on ( you said it is a linux server ) unless you add the address to the hosts file so it can resolve 127.0.0.1, or localhost, to the IP address of the box.

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