network and server question...

[DrumminBoy]

Both of my computers are networked via a router that gives them identical ip addresses, and im wondering if i can setup a simple web server on one of my machines with both of the IP addresses the same. I'm guessing i cant, so how would i give each computer a different IP address while still working with the cable modem? My router is the linksys BEFSR41. thanks

 

[sohcrates]

yes, you could have a machine behind a router act as a web server, but in order to do so you would have to setup port forwarding on the router.

check out the manual, it should tell you how to do so.

basically, if you want to have a webpage on one of the machines, you would need to forward port 80 to that machine's internal address...then, when you type your IP into a computer's web browser, it will automatically look for port 80, which will be forwarded to your machine running the web server.

 

[DrumminBoy]

Will everything still work ok with my cable modem and the other computer if i do this?

 

[sohcrates]

Originally posted by: DrumminBoy
Will everything still work ok with my cable modem and the other computer if i do this?

yep, only thing that will be different is any requests to your ip @ port 80 will go to the webserver system...everything else will be normal