I installed PHP, MYSQL, and IPB on my win2000 server on my home network, but i've run into problems and can't figure out what the cause is.
If i log in from the server, i can access the forum, browse, add, etc, and admin CP works fine too.
if i try to access it from another computer on the network, it loads the index page, but anything i click on gives me a 404 error. if i want to log in to the admin cp over network, it loads the login screen without pictures, and after inputting name/password i get the same error.
I probably should get a technician over here to set it up properly, but since they don't have much more of a clue than i do usually, i'd like to be able to point him in the right direction.

How did you install your PHP? Shouldn't you have to install apache as well? If you install all this using the individual package, i would recommend you to try out those pre package one, save you a lot of hassle setting up the configuration files. Try WAMP or XAMPP or others, try google

URL for WAMP
http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html

URL for XAMPP
http://wampserver.com/en/index.php

Good luck



This post has been edited by faulty.lee: Nov 15 2006, 04:00 AM

I didn't install Apache, because i had iis on the computer, and from what i read, i should have been able to use that.

In that case you might want to check the domain name setting in IIS. I don't have access to it right now, so can't exactly point you to the right place, but shouldn't be too hard. Btw, do you have any problem with other php site/package in your IIS?

And what's the exact link shown in the 404 error page?

The problem seems to be due to domain name or virtual host setting.
Say your server's IP is 192.168.0.1, but in the domain name setting, you put in like localhost or mydomain.com, when you tries to open a link with "./nextpage.php" from another computer in your network, it will try to go to "http://mydomain.com/nextpage.php". Then if you server doesn't provide name resolution service, that link will fail.

The exact text shown is:

That makes sense @ the domain name setting.
The only other problem i had with the IIS/PHP is when i installed php, and IIS refused to render the php test page as html. it would just give me the code in text. So i uninstalled it and installed it again, and this time it seemed to work.

You might want to checkout some PHP installation tips on IIS. Just Google.

Here are some i think should be useful
http://www.phpbuddy.com/sub_articles.php?other_articles=4
http://www.iis-resources.com/modules/AMS/a...e.php?storyid=4