Addressing Forbidden Access to WAMP Server on Local Network (403 Forbidden)

Despite following numerous online solutions, you continue to encounter a "403 Forbidden" error when attempting to access your WAMP server over your local network. This issue persists even when you access it using your IP address (192.168.0.188:1234) and after configuring various settings.

Upon reviewing your system setup, it is evident that both PCs running Windows 8 Pro are equipped with WAMP Wampserver 2.4 and Apache version 2.4.4. To resolve this issue, you need to adjust your Apache configuration to allow access from other devices on the network.

For WAMPServer versions

1. Navigate to the httpd.conf file for your Apache configuration.
2. Locate the section where access permissions are defined.
3. Change the Deny from all and Allow from... lines to Require local and Require ip 192.168.0.
4. This will allow access from local IP addresses (127.0.0.1, localhost, ::1) and all devices on your internal network (192.168.0.X).

For WAMPServer version 3 and above:

1. Access the httpd-vhosts.conf file through the WAMPServer menus.
2. Within the VirtualHost definition for localhost, change the Require local directive to Require all granted.
3. This modification will allow access from all IP addresses.

Note: Remember to restart Apache after making these changes for them to take effect.

Once these modifications are implemented, you should be able to access your WAMP server from other devices on your local network without encountering the "403 Forbidden" error.