Can't access my website from inside

[Byte]

I recently changed to a Belkin wireless router, but now i can't seem to access my website from its WAN addresss. I was able to when i had my Linksys router. I've tried a billion for forward options but it doesn't seem to work. Everyone else can access it from the outside, its just that when i try from a different comp on the same network, it doesn't work. Anyone know why?

 

[Mitzi]

Short answer...you can't.

Longer answer...you can but you have to go via a proxy or one of those so called anonymous sites, see the following link which describes it much better than I ever could..

Da' Proof

 

[martind1]

he's wrong.


you should be able to quite easily.

try using the computers internal IP to access that. Might just be the best workaround.


Don't buy that link. Its not from a legit site as far as i can tell. I can't find any information on the author.


I have a webiste and my router lets me in just fine by my domain name. Not entirely sure why yours will not.

 

[Need4Speed]

Originally posted by: martind1
he's wrong.


you should be able to quite easily.

try using the computers internal IP to access that. Might just be the best workaround.

Don't buy that link. Its not from a legit site as far as i can tell. I can't find any information on the author.


I have a webiste and my router lets me in just fine by my domain name. Not entirely sure why yours will not.

Actually you missed the point which makes you wrong. a server sitting behind a NAT can not be accessed using the WAN IP or domain name....

you can however setup local dns resolution to point the domain name to the LAN IP ior just use the LAN IP.

 

[martind1]

fine, maybe he was 'right'.


he still can get to his website from an external IP without all that jazz.

 

[buleyb]

ya, you're all right. Martind1's solution is valid, just not as clean as a host file or internal DNS.

So kudos to everyone

 

[martind1]

fine, edit the host file if you MUST use the domain name, but the internal IP will work just as fine too. unless of course you dont feel like remebering the ip address.

 

[Mitzi]

try using the computers internal IP to access that. Might just be the best workaround.

Of course that would be a valid solution though its doesn't help if you are trying to view the site via the external interface as any joe bloggs user would see it.

Don't buy that link. Its not from a legit site as far as i can tell. I can't find any information on the author.

Whilst the site I linked to is mainly a site is mainly targetted for users of DLink routers, much of the content is valid and correct no matter what router you are using...after all they are all built on top of the same protocols.

Could you clarify what's a legit site exactly? Proberly 90% of the information available on the internet is written and maintained by enthusiasts, not glossy, big name corporations - take the whole open source community as an example....

I could have copied that authors page and posted it here, would you have given my post any more crededance?? (sp??)

 

[buleyb]

we just want a bibliography Mitzi

 

[martind1]

hey, all i ask is that you properly site your source


relax. i am not a wordsmith and I very often form poor sentence to match my intent.

im not goign to argue it anyways, because the rest of the posts prove the links integrity.

I apologize for my poor sentencing.


however accessing it from the internal ip would make no difference to how they would view the site.

http://192.168.1.65 would provide the same view as http://blahbalh.com

 

[Need4Speed]

Originally posted by: martind1


however accessing it from the internal ip would make no difference to how they would view the site.

http://192.168.1.65 would provide the same view as http://blahbalh.com

dat true!

 

[gunrunnerjohn]

Actually, you can just type the computer's name in the Address bar of IE, works just as well as the IP address. No need to add it to the hosts file if the name of the host has already been resolved.

 

[spidey07]

http://192.168.1.65 would provide the same view as http://blahbalh.com[/Q

not necessiarly true, good practice dictates that you don't serve a page on the host's IP address but use host headers for all the sites on a single IP address.

Also, there is no reason why you shouldn't get to your web server running on the inside from an external host. Just forward port 80 to the interal IP address of the web server and you're all set.

-edit- need to learn how to read better. just edit your hosts file.

 

[martind1]

Originally posted by: gunrunnerjohn
Actually, you can just type the computer's name in the Address bar of IE, works just as well as the IP address. No need to add it to the hosts file if the name of the host has already been resolved.

actually ip address is better than the host name, due to the fact it might not have been resolved. you can skirt the whole issue by using ip.

 

[gunrunnerjohn]

Originally posted by: martind1

Originally posted by: gunrunnerjohn Actually, you can just type the computer's name in the Address bar of IE, works just as well as the IP address. No need to add it to the hosts file if the name of the host has already been resolved.

actually ip address is better than the host name, due to the fact it might not have been resolved. you can skirt the whole issue by using ip.

That's find if you know the IP address.

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: martind1

Originally posted by: gunrunnerjohn
Actually, you can just type the computer's name in the Address bar of IE, works just as well as the IP address. No need to add it to the hosts file if the name of the host has already been resolved.

actually ip address is better than the host name, due to the fact it might not have been resolved. you can skirt the whole issue by using ip.

And what if you have more than one website on the web server?

 

[martind1]

And what if you have more than one website on the web server?

what about it?

ip addressort number

no biggie.

 

[buleyb]

didn't intend for the smily did you

 

[martind1]

actually i did mean the smily, i thought it would bring sunshine to all of our lives.


lets me honest. everyone needs a little sunshine in their day!





or i meant hostname: portnum