Homepage Problem

Question

Please help unable to get beyond Home Page
The HomePage loads ok using http://127.0.0.1:8080/apex
and I beleive signon succeeds but the next page fails to load.
Steps I have taken,
Logon with good credentials same page returns clears username & password
Logon with bad credentials error message "Invalid Login Credentials"
I can logon to db using sqlplus.
I tried using the HR user that I unlocked in sqlplus. Intresting that when used HR user on the Homepage logon prompts to change the password, change the password, attempt logon using hr page returns clears username & password
I believe the logon is working but the next (admin) page is not any clues
I continue to review the documentation and forums but nothing yet
listner status follows
Connecting to (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=IPC)(KEY=EXTPROC_FOR_XE)))
STATUS of the LISTENER
Alias LISTENER
Version TNSLSNR for 32-bit Windows: Version 10.2.0.1.0 - Production
Start Date 31-AUG-2006 22:36:47
Uptime 0 days 0 hr. 20 min. 28 sec
Trace Level support
Security ON: Local OS Authentication
SNMP OFF
Default Service XE
Listener Parameter File C:\oracle\app\oracle\product\10.2.0\server\network\admin\listener.ora
Listener Log File C:\oracle\app\oracle\product\10.2.0\server\network\log\listener.log
Listener Trace File C:\oracle\app\oracle\product\10.2.0\server\network\trace\listener.trc
Listening Endpoints Summary...
(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=ipc)(PIPENAME=\\.\pipe\EXTPROC_FOR_XEipc)))
(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcp)(HOST=KUPR)(PORT=1521)))
(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcp)(HOST=127.0.0.1)(PORT=8080))(Presentation=HTTP)(Session=RAW))
Services Summary...
Service "CLRExtProc" has 1 instance(s).
Instance "CLRExtProc", status UNKNOWN, has 1 handler(s) for this service...
Service "PLSExtProc" has 1 instance(s).
Instance "PLSExtProc", status UNKNOWN, has 1 handler(s) for this service...
Service "XEXDB" has 1 instance(s).
Instance "xe", status READY, has 1 handler(s) for this service...
Service "XE_XPT" has 1 instance(s).
Instance "xe", status READY, has 1 handler(s) for this service...
Service "xe" has 1 instance(s).
Instance "xe", status READY, has 1 handler(s) for this service...
The command completed successfully
LSNRCTL>
C:\>ipconfig /all
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : KUPR
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/1000 MT Network Connection
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-11-2F-90-DC-71
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.101
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 167.206.3.137
167.206.3.136
167.206.3.203
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, August 31, 2006 10:27:41 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, September 06, 2006 10:27:41 PM
Message was edited by:
Keith

Answer 1

I don't run Windows, so I can't advise on your firewall. Most firewalls allow you to open specific ports, by port number.
You need to use the documentation (or internet search) to tell you how to open port 8080 for the database home page.
The other port, 1521 for the database listener, is useless to open by itself. That is simply the initial connection for regular connections such as SQL*Plus, SQL Developer or Toad. After the initial connection, Oracle tends to use a random 'processing' port and that can not easily be controlled.