title: Running XAMPP on network with IIS installed Windows Server
body: <p>I recently installed Windows server 2016 essentials on to one of my system which behaves as a server (let's call this as SYSTEM-1). That is connected to 3-4 systems on LAN.</p>
  
  <p>On SYSTEM-1 @ 192.168.1.2 - had IIS as default (port 80), and now I installed XAMPP (port 8080)</p>
  
  <p>on SYSTEM-1 @ 192.168.1.2</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li><a href="http://localhost" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://localhost</a> -> opens IIS</li>
  <li><a href="http://localhost:8080" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://localhost:8080</a> -> opens XAMPP</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>on SYSTEM-2 / SYSTEM-3 / SYSTEM-4 @ 192.168.1.3/4/5</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li><a href="http://192.168.1.2" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://192.168.1.2</a> -> opens IIS from SYSTEM-1</li>
  <li><a href="http://192.168.1.2:8080" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://192.168.1.2:8080</a> -> opens nothing</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>Apart from this I also want to access XAMPP (i.e on SYSTEM-1) from the internet</p>
  
  <p>I tried for days to get this work. None of my searches helped me. Please help me and save my butt.</p>