Xampp and 10.8.3

[JavaWizKid]

Hi

I'm having great difficulty getting my apache server to display the website stored on my mac to the internet. I can access it via http://localhost and http://127.0.0.1. I have port forwarded both ports 80 and 443 to my local ip address (which is static). Xampp is running and when I get my global ip address from http://www.ipchicken.com and paste it in the URL bar, nothing loads. The progress bar just stays at 20% or something and hangs.

Do I need to edit any files anywhere that are blocking access to Apache or something?

I have also tried enabling and disabling OSX's firewall with no results.

Thanks

 

[chickenwingfly]

Captain obvious here, but are you sure it's not your router, the one blocking external access?

 

[JavaWizKid]

Could well be, how can I check? Also seems very likely as it doesn't work on Windows either.
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