Configure firewall to enable XAMPP working over LAN

xampp firewall lan
Shih-Min Lee picture Shih-Min Lee · Nov 2, 2012 · Viewed 68.4k times · Source

When I turn off the firewall, I can access my XAMPP website through other LAN computers. When I turn on firewall then I cannot connect to the machine anymore. Could someone tell me what's happening?

my os is windows xp. thanks.

Answer

karthick picture karthick · Jul 4, 2013

Go to Control panel - > go to Windows Firewall -> then Advance Settings ->

  1. Click Inbound Rules
  2. right Click the inbound rules and select "New Rule..."
  3. select option port and click next
  4. select all local ports or your port number for apache server. and click next
  5. select option allow the connection and click next
  6. next
  7. Give name Allow All Local Port For Xampp

Try This, I hope it will Work for you.

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