I have setup subversion (used svn-1.4.6-setup.exe from subversion.tigris.org ) with Apache server on my local machine. 

Apache's http.conf has the following which I suppose is needed for the svn configuration;

```
LoadModule dav_module modules/mod_dav.so
LoadModule dav_svn_module "C:/Program Files/Subversion/bin/mod_dav_svn.so"
LoadModule authz_svn_module "C:/Program Files/Subversion/bin/mod_authz_svn.so"

<Location /project1>
DAV svn
SVNPath "C:/svn_repositories/project1"
AuthType Basic
AuthName "Subversion repository"
AuthUserFile "c:/svn_conf/project1/passwd"
Require valid-user
</Location>

```

I am able to create repositories and checkout ( with tortoiseSVN ) on the same machine with **file:///absolute-path-to-svn-repository.** I want to be able to access the repositories from the other machines connected to the network(the internet network at home). 

I tried checking out from other machines with the url **svn://IP-address/project1** , it didn't work. Shows the following message;

**Error: Can't connect to host {IP-address}: A connection attempt failed because the  

Error: connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established  

Error: connection failed because connected host has failed to respond.**

If I try to access with **http://IP-address/project1** , it prompts for the login but it doesn't get past that. I believe I am entering the correct login. The error message is;

**Couldn't open the svn repository.**

Any idea what could be wrong?. Thanks!.