Setting up apache on my home network

[lava]

Hi,

I'm having a bit of a problem. I set up Apache/PHP/MySQL on my computer, and it works fine for me. However, I have a friend over and we're trying to get him connected to my server set up, and we can't figure out how.

The network name for my computer is raf, so I figured i'd just use http://raf - that works for me on my computer, but it doesn't work for my friend.

I have a dynamic IP, and we're both connected to a router at my home. Can anyone help?

Thanks
Raf

[ahmed]

is the person trying to access http://raf connected to your network?

besides, running apache with a dynamic IP address is a pain, since people access your comp through your IP (mine is http://24.141.60.208/ for example), you'll have to keep the users updated with the new address everytime it changes, which is a pain..

[lava]

well, I've been doing a little bit of reading and I found that, since I'm behind a router, I could use the dynamic IPs that my router assigns - so 198.168.0.2 is supposed to be the address for my computer, supposedly, except it's not working.

[ahmed]

hmm I can't help you on that one... never installed apache on a "routered" machine, sorry :)