How do I set a static IP for a single computer

[legocitytruck]

My house has DSL with an IP address that seems to be static (I say this because it has always been the same number, but I don't know if my father specifically requested this.) and the service is SBC. I am assuming that this IP is shared among all the computers connected to the network. If I want to use a computer as a webserver, can this be used as that specific computer's IP address? This computer will be connected to a router just as all the other computers are.

 

[JackMDS]

Your network computers have a local IP.

Local IPs can not Go to the Internet. You give a local static IP to the compputer with the server and you open the server applications ports toward the private IP of the computer.

These two pages would explain the basics of running a server of a Private Network to the Internet.

http://www.ezlan.net/serving.html

http://www.ezlan.net/myip.html

You do not have to do exactly as described in the linked above, just try to understand the principle.


Please Notice that running a bust Interent server can considered as a No No with the ISP.

Check before you get into trouble.

 

[legocitytruck]

Thank you for your help JackMDS.

Short of calling them, is there anyway to determine if my ISP does not like people running their own webserver? I ask because I have read that some don't if you do.

 

[thecoolnessrune]

Your DSL company's TOS (Terms of Service) will show it there if it is. You can find it on their website or sometimes on your bill.

 

[legocitytruck]

If I set my computer to a particular static IP within my home network and enter my ISP's DNS numbers, can this newly set IP number be used for the web server purposes?

 

[JackMDS]

The Web server IP is always the IP that is assigned by the ISP.

If you have A Router it is the WAN IP of the Router.

Internally the Web Traffic would go to the computer that the Web Port (usually 80)_ is forward to.

TYh e links that I linked before explain it, read them carefully, even if the story is Not exactly fits yours, the principle is the same.