Configure firewall to enable XAMPP working over LAN

Question

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 t

Answer 1

I understand this is an old question and related to Windows XP but now for users using current OS like Windows 10 the option that worked for me is that Inbound Rules Profile could be set to Public for Apache Http Server which is set to Private by default.

The profile could be set in 'Advanced' tab of Apache Http Server Inbound Rules properties as shown below (Properties Dialog box could be opened by Right Clicking on Apache Http Server and select Properties):