Title: cannot connect to server
Last modified: June 17, 2018

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# cannot connect to server

 *  [showerhater](https://wordpress.org/support/users/showerhater/)
 * (@showerhater)
 * [7 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-connect-to-server/)
 * hi and thanks for any help.
    i tried to create my own server, on an old laptop,
   and host a wordpress blog on it as a way to learn linux and networking better.
   i have installed ubuntu 18.04, apache2, mSQL, php 7 per a tutorial on techmint.
   com and then tried to install WordPress. i got as far as logged in on the WP 
   dashboard and changed some text, and the hit publish. Then, i tried to go to 
   the site from my android phone not connected to the LAN, i got a cannot find 
   server message. Then i googled a bit and saw that i might need to change my nameservers
   and possibly need to create a dns record. i changed the nameservers to wordpress’.
   didnt work, so i changed them back. i made a clumsy attempt to create a record
   on google doamins. 50/50 shot at it being right though. googled again and found
   out i may need to change the urls inside wordpress. I logged in to admin through
   my LAN and changed the site and email urls to mydomainname.com. saved and boom…
   now i cannot get into my admin page at all now. Now, no matter what i try i get
   a “cannot find server message” I did a complete uninstall and reinstall. same
   problems.
 * So, among other things, I need help figuring out what went wrong and how to get
   it to work. I dont mind uninstalling and reinstalling, but because i dont know
   what went wrong i will just create the same situation. ive proved that yesterday,
   and the day before lol.
    I would also like to know which nameserver to use (wordpress
   or googles). Did i need to make a dns record on google domains to point my domain
   to my IP or should i delete the one i have made?
 * Thanks in advance
    Doug
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fcannot-connect-to-server%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Thread Starter [showerhater](https://wordpress.org/support/users/showerhater/)
 * (@showerhater)
 * [7 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-connect-to-server/#post-10408573)
 * this is my wp-config.php file. im guessing it is correct, but i see a lot of 
   the same kind of problems as mine on here and the first answer usually says it
   this file. I copy and pasted this then xxx my personal info. can anyone tell 
   me if it is correct???
 * // ** MySQL settings – You can get this info from your web host ** //
    /** The
   name of the database for WordPress */ define(‘DB_NAME’, ‘wp_xxx’);
 * /** MySQL database username */
    define(‘DB_USER’, ‘xxx’);
 * /** MySQL database password */
    define(‘DB_PASSWORD’, ‘xxxx’);
 * /** MySQL hostname */
    define(‘DB_HOST’, ‘localhost’);
 * /** Database Charset to use in creating database tables. */
    define(‘DB_CHARSET’,‘
   utf8’);
 * /** The Database Collate type. Don’t change this if in doubt. */
    define(‘DB_COLLATE’,”);
 *  [abhinavsri](https://wordpress.org/support/users/abhinavsri/)
 * (@abhinavsri)
 * [7 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-connect-to-server/#post-10581110)
 * [@showerhater](https://wordpress.org/support/users/showerhater/)
    1.You have 
   to host your website on a server before you can access it from your phone. 2.
   If you want to access your website without hosting you have to connect your Android
   phone to the same network.You don’t need to change the servername. 3.Change your
   servername back to default and try turning off the firewall and change hostname
   to the IP of your machine. Ex define(‘DB_HOST’,’localhost’); to: define(‘DB_HOST’,’
   192.168.0.4′);

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 * In: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
 * 1 reply
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 * Last reply from: [abhinavsri](https://wordpress.org/support/users/abhinavsri/)
 * Last activity: [7 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-connect-to-server/#post-10581110)
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