Title: Can't access WordPress folder from LAN
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Can't access WordPress folder from LAN

 *  [Flexonius](https://wordpress.org/support/users/flexonius/)
 * (@flexonius)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-access-wordpress-folder-from-lan/)
 * Hi, my problem with WordPress is that I can not correctly access the WordPress
   folder from within my local network. It works great when accessing it from another
   computer with a different external ip address.
 * It works however for a computer on the LAN to access other folders and php files
   on the server that is not in the WordPress folder. So it must be something with
   WordPress I guess.
 * By editing the site URL in the dashboard to the root instead of “…/wp” I can 
   access the site itself from a computer in my LAN, and also the login page, but
   it doesn’t work to login. It just wait forever trying to login.
 * I’m using WordPress 3.1.2 installed on Ubuntu Server 11.04.
 * Any advice appreciated, thanks in advance!

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-access-wordpress-folder-from-lan/#post-2070741)
 * What urls did you enter in Settings->General?
 *  Thread Starter [Flexonius](https://wordpress.org/support/users/flexonius/)
 * (@flexonius)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-access-wordpress-folder-from-lan/#post-2070749)
 * I entered:
    WordPress address (URL): [http://myhost.dyndns.org/wp](http://myhost.dyndns.org/wp)
   Site address (URL): [http://myhost.dyndns.org](http://myhost.dyndns.org)
 * By changing the Site address as I’ve done here, as I removed the “/wp”, it makes
   me able to see the main page from a PC on my LAN, but not login, as I mentioned.
   If I keep the default settings, with Site address same as WordPress address, 
   it makes me unable to reach even the main page from a PC on the LAN.
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-access-wordpress-folder-from-lan/#post-2070752)
 * Both urls should be the same unless WP is in a sub-folder yet running the domain
   root: [http://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory](http://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory)
 *  Thread Starter [Flexonius](https://wordpress.org/support/users/flexonius/)
 * (@flexonius)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-access-wordpress-folder-from-lan/#post-2070758)
 * Okay, so I change this back so both WordPress address and Site address being 
   [http://myhost.dyndns.org/wp](http://myhost.dyndns.org/wp) then. And now I have
   the problem computers on the LAN can’t access this address and not even see main
   page…
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-access-wordpress-folder-from-lan/#post-2070761)
 * I think this is a networking issue – not a WordPress one.
 *  [s_ha_dum](https://wordpress.org/support/users/apljdi/)
 * (@apljdi)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-access-wordpress-folder-from-lan/#post-2070828)
 * You shouldn’t need to use dyndns unless you are trying to access the site from
   outside the LAN, which means that you have some people accessing from outside
   the LAN and some from inside but all of it is running through dyndns, which I’d
   bet is the problem. As esmi said, sounds like a networking issue not a WordPress
   one. Have you looked into setting up a VPN?

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [s_ha_dum](https://wordpress.org/support/users/apljdi/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-access-wordpress-folder-from-lan/#post-2070828)
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