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Posted: **20 Jan 2010 18:48**

I just set up the web interface and tested it on this computer. This is the computer I run VLC on. I tried connecting to it from another computer and got a 403 forbidden error and looked into that. I see on the wiki it says to edit the .hosts file, which I have. My entire .hosts file is as follows:

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#
# Access-list for VLC HTTP interface
# $Id$
#

# localhost
::1
127.0.0.1

# link-local addresses
#fe80::/64

# private addresses
#fc00::/7
#fec0::/10
#10.0.0.0/8
#172.16.0.0/12
#192.168.0.0/16
#169.254.0.0/16
192.168.254.4
# The world (uncommenting these 2 lines is not quite safe)
::/0
0.0.0.0/0

As you can see I have not only added an IP Address to the list, but I have granted access to all IPs. My problem still persists however. Even with the .hosts file as it is, I can only connect to the web interface from the computer running VLC. Does anybody know why?

Posted: **20 Jan 2010 20:25**

You need to restart the HTTP interface.

Posted: **20 Jan 2010 20:41**

I have. Many times in fact, but I just installed VLC on my ubuntu server and was adding individual IPs to the list all starting with 192.168 so i figured I would get rid of those and just insert 192.168.0.0/0 instead. My web interface now works on every computer in the house on both my server and laptop.

Posted: **06 Jun 2010 01:04**

You need to restart the HTTP interface.

restarting is not working, i have restarted already 4 times its just not working.

Posted: **06 Jun 2010 13:58**

Restarting is work. I have restarted it one time and it is just working. Very constructive discussion we can have.

My best guess is that you're not modifying the correct file.

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