Access virtual host from another machine over LAN

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In addition to danp’s answer, you can access the virtual host without having to change the client machine’s etc/hosts file by assigning a port to the virtual host. This is ideal if you want to access the server with a mobile or tablet device:

Edit server’s httpd.conf file at:
```
\wamp\bin\apache\apache2.2.x\conf\httpd.conf
```
Search for “Listen” (around line 61). You should see the following that allows for Apache to listen for port 80:
```
Listen 0.0.0.0:80
Listen [::0]:80
```
Add the following lines to add listening for port 81 (or any port):
```
Listen 0.0.0.0:81
Listen [::0]:81
```

Edit the httpd-vhosts.conf file at:

\wamp\bin\apache\apache2.2.x\conf\extra\httpd-vhosts.conf

Change your “Virtual Host” tag to port 81:

<VirtualHost *:81>
    DocumentRoot "D:/websites/project1/"
    ServerName www.project1.com
</VirtualHost>

Restart Apache server.
On the client machine/tablet/mobile, on the web browser, enter the server’s IP address (192.168.0.10, or whatever IP) followed by the port number in the following format:
```
http://192.168.0.10:81
```

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