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RallyMonkey
09-11-2004, 12:57 PM
I am using my internet connection through a router. And my server is only for testing. So I am not hosting myself, nor, other people. But I would still like to be able to connect to my test site from other computers. So is it possible to connect to it if it is being hosted from behind a router?

Thanks!
Choozo
09-11-2004, 01:03 PM
In short, Yes.

Check any firewall settings on your router and/or server first.
If you have more than one box behind your router, check your routing tables. That is, which IP are requests on certain ports routed to?
RallyMonkey
09-11-2004, 01:20 PM
Can you give me some help on that? I'm not big on networking. And we only have this computer and the one with the modem.

Thanks. And the html and some others are open with the mandrake firewall.
Choozo
09-12-2004, 08:08 AM
Have a look in the documentation for your router - it should have instructions on how to connect and administer it through a browser or telnet.
drummerboy195
09-12-2004, 09:43 AM
Generally speaking, if it an out of the box Netgear, it can be configured by pointing a browser at 192.168.0.1 and entering the username 'admin' and the password 'password'. If it is a Linksys, it is 192.168.1.1 by default, username 'admin' and a password that is either 'admin' or 'password'. You should then be able to forward any requests that that router to whatever IP you desire. Just be careful with DHCP and the server, if you reboot and it gets a new address, then you need to reconfigure the port forwarding.
RallyMonkey
09-12-2004, 12:17 PM
So in Netgear. I go to port forwarding. Select "_HTTP" from the drop-down box. Should I set the port to my ip?
drummerboy195
09-12-2004, 12:40 PM
Yes. Just make sure that if the computer get a new IP, you change the port forwarding setting. There are two ways around this:

1. Never reboot the computer, therefore never get a new IP

or
2. Raise the range of the DHCP pool, and set the computer to a static IP. In my router, the DHCP pool goes from 192.168.0.2 to 192.168.0.20. If i wanted to assign a static IP, I would pick one outside this range, and then setup the computer with that IP, with the portwarwarding set to that IP.
RallyMonkey
09-12-2004, 02:23 PM
My ip is always static I believe.

Thanks!