Accessing "localhost" from peer-to-peer computer

kdl2626 posted this at 04:44 — 21st February 2003.

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Currently have a website hosted with a provider. Also have PHP/MySQL/Apache running on Win2K machine (localhost) for testing development.

Have 3 computers on peer-to-peer network (Win2K). How would I access the "localhost" server on machine 1 from machine 2 & 3? Have assortment of browsers installed on different machines and want to know how the pages look.

When I "browse" in IE, I get the peripherals for machine #1, hard drives/printers/etc.

http://xxxx????xxxx/localhost/?

Any suggestions on sites/books that can help understand peer to peer better?

thanks from a newbie webmaster. (webb-babies.org)
(starting to work on PHP/MySQL guestbook and start logging interested individuals into MySQL database to help wife keep track of people that are interested in working with us. Learning and loving it!)

samsm posted this at 20:11 — 21st February 2003.

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It is usually something like:
192.168.0.1 (computer 1)
192.168.0.2 (computer 2)
192.168.0.3 (computer 3)

If you want a list look at your router's DHCP Table... assuming it is that sort of router

kdl2626 posted this at 02:35 — 25th February 2003.

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thanks folks! I had the router & pc's set up for DHCP and wasn't thinking about assigning an internal static IP. (now if only McAfee Firewall would finally completely uninstall, I could get the last PC a static IP, but that's another matter. Nothing a reformat won't cure!!!) Everything's working great!