Hi, I'm using Windows XP Professional SP3, 32 bits, and Tomcat 7.0.
Recently I started developping a web application for the company I'm working for, and I decided to use Tomcat as Web Server. The first thing I did was download the zip version, and start Tomcat using the Windows Command Prompt (startup.bat). Then, I deployed my app and configured my router (TP-Link) to foward the 8080 port to my IP adress (it has reserved IP by MAC adress). I'm using DHCP connection to access web. I tried to access my webb app through "http://localhost:8080";, and everything was fine, then I tried with "http://[router-ip]:8080";, and it worked without problems. But I didn't liked the console window which appears when Tomcat is started, so I decided to install Tomcat through the .exe installer. First, I stopped Tomcat by closing the console window opened in the startup, and then I installed Tomcat as service using the .exe. I restarted the computer, and Tomcat automatically started. Good. But when I went to access my web app again using router's IP, I couldn't. Then, I tried to access Tomcat's Welcome Page using Firefox (http://localhost:8080), and everything was ok. After that, I tried using my router's IP (with Firefox), and I received an error message saying that "the connection was reset". What I want to know is what I need to do to access Tomcat (running as service) from web, taking into account that it works perfectly when running in the console window. Thanks for any help. *Yuri E. - Brazil*
