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I would like to put my WAMP server online so that my localhost projects could be accessed through Internet. I tried and followed various tutorials on the web but nothing worked for me. I also went through with How to put online your WampServer but it also didn't work for me. I have already done "Put Online" in WAMP tray icon. I am running Windows 7 SP 1 Ultimate. I don't have any wireless router.

I am accessing Internet using hotspot of my smartphone. I remember when I had have Windows XP SP3 and old version of WAMP (I think WAMP5 1.7.4) then it was very easy to put server online. I used to get my IP address. Put server online. And then could access my localhost through Internet by using the same IP. There is nothing to deal with port forwarding thing.

I guess do I need to do something with port forwarding. But as per my condition (Win7, WAMP 2.5, Mobile Intenet, No rounter), what settings or configuration I need to do to access localhost through Internet? Can anyone explain in simple words and could provide me working solution? Thanks.

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I'm assuming the phone is creating a LAN when you say you are creating an hotspot with it, so you do have a router it's your phone.

In simple words you need to do two things.

  1. make the web service accessible from your LAN You can check this by using another device connected to the hotspot, and trying to access

<private IP address of server>:<port used by the server>,

ex 192.168.1.3:8080

  1. check your hotspot is redirecting the traffic from "the outside" to your local server. This is the tricky part, it's going to depend on your mobile phone etc

If using a android phone mabe check this out: link to google play

Then check from another device connected to the internet:

<public IP address>:<Public Port configured to be forwarded>,

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  • oh its seems to be too complicated for me. not following it properly. sorry!
    – Sachin
    Aug 14, 2015 at 14:57
  • Ok no problem. Start telling me about your phone's hotspot. How are you sharing your phone's internet connection ? Did you create a WiFi hotspot with your phone, it's a direct USB connection or Bluetooth ? @user3779493
    – sismo
    Aug 16, 2015 at 9:33
  • Its a smartphone. I am accessing phone's Internet by hotspot wi-fi tethering.
    – Sachin
    Aug 17, 2015 at 5:57
  • An android smarphone? Then your phone does create a LAN on the WIFI network, the phone acts also as your router. Try step 1 using a 3rd device (another phone, tablet or computer) connected to that same hotspot and try to connect to your website using the local ip address and port on a webrowser (you can get the local IP address of your server with an ipconfig command on a windows terminal)
    – sismo
    Aug 17, 2015 at 14:31
  • I tried but I'm getting "Unable to connect" in Firefox.
    – Sachin
    Aug 17, 2015 at 17:34
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For Wamp 3 (Apache 2.4), besides putting the server online as described here, if you still get 403 (Access Denied) response from Apache, then in the Virtual Hosts file conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf
you might need to replace 

Require local

with

Require all granted



This is applicable if in httpd.conf you have

Include conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf
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  • But I am using WampServer2.5
    – Sachin
    Jul 11, 2017 at 4:31

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