Setting up a server with a computer thats connected to a router..

[khlee]

hey all i am trying to set up windows apache on my computer but the problem is im connected to a router, so i can only access thhe page that I am hosting by typing in my internal IP from my computer. Now how do I set it up so that i can access the page from any computer by typing the external IP as the URL? I understand you have to forward port 80 or something? but then I heard most ISPs block that port.. so have to use port 81? I am using a Linksys Router.

 

[Bleep]

You will have to configure your router to forward the traffic to the internal IP of the machine that the webpage is on and open port 80 in the router.
Here is a LINK

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[khlee]

i tried this. it still doesnt work. i set up apache with phpdev.

 

[khlee]

my ip is 198.168.1.100, assigned by DHCP. is this a problem?

 

[Macro2]

Apparently it is, I get 100% packet loss when pinging your ip address.

 

[skyking]

Pings may be rejected by his router, so that is no indication. Are you trying to access your page from the same location as your router, using the external address? If so, that will never work. From within the LAN, you must use the internal IP.
Is a friend at another location unable to reach the webpage? What port are you using? Does apache know it is supposed to listen to this port?

 

[JackMDS]

Try first to put the Server computer on the DMZ and make sure that it working correctly with external IP.

 

[Bleep]

Are you sure that you have apache configured properly? Do you have it listening to port 80? Also are you sure that you have port 80 open in the router and routed to the internal IP of the serrver box?

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