in your apache tutorial you say if your friend had you ip adress they could access info from there pc what exactly would you type in the adress bar to do this

Let's say your IP is 98.289.15.23 and you set up Apache on port 8081

Then you use http://98.289.15.23:8081

The connection has timed out

The server at 24.116.162.98 is taking too long to respond.

* The site could be temporarily unavailable or too busy. Try again in a few
moments.

* If you are unable to load any pages, check your computer's network
connection.

* If your computer or network is protected by a firewall or proxy, make sure
that Firefox is permitted to access the Web.

how do i fix this

Do you have a router ? And/or a firewall ?

yes i have the firewll letting the server though i think im not sure what to do with the router

Check your router documentation for details. Basically, you need to set up port forwarding to forward your Apache port to the computer where Apache is running.

so basicly i need to open up port 8080

If you did like in the tutorial, yes. But it's not only opening (that's more firewall stuff I think, and usually simply allowing Apache to access internet and/or "act as a server" will be enough for this part), you should also forward it (which means tell the router where it should send a packet it receives on its port 8080).

thanks works fine now.