I have a problem accessing Apache from a computer other than my own on my home LAN. When I am using my own computer, I can access the Apache site by typing http://localhost/. However, when I try to access it from a computer other than my own, I receive a 404 Not Found error.

I have tried adding the following lines to the top of the apache2.conf file:

<Directory "/var/www">
Order Allow, Deny
Allow from all
</Directory>

But am still receiving the same error message. Not sure what I am doing wrong. I also have some virtual servers setup in the /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/default file as follows:

NameVirtualHost 127.0.0.1

<VirtualHost localhost>
ServerName localhost
ServerAdmin admin@test.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/
ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/error.log
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost sg>
ServerName sg
ServerAdmin admin@test.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/sg/
</VirtualHost>

Is there something in this file that may be causing the problem?

I am running Apache on Ubuntu by the way.

Thanks for your help!

Are you trying to reach the server by using localhost as the address as well? If so, that's the problem, localhost is limited to the host you are currently on.

No, I am trying to access the server using its assigned IP address, not with localhost.

It's usually NameVirtualHost *:80, not NameVirtualHost 127.0.0.1

Have a look at the name based virtual hosts docs on the Apache siteand the virtual hosts examples for more info. If that doesn't help, can you post some more of your config file? Specifically directory locations, ports and other virtual hosts (but not the file/mime types).

Thanks Gilead, those links helped!