Apache IP Problem

[Omnipotent]

I just installed Red Hat and Apache etc, its all working as far as I can tell (go to localhost in browser and it works fine).

However my machine is networked with a computer downstairs and accesses the internet through this computer. Both computers use the same IP address. (at the moment I just want to be able to give people an IP address and they will get to my server).

Is there some way of changing my IP or getting around the Windows box to allow people to access my server?

[meowdawg]

I'm not sure if your setup is the same as mine, but here is what I had to do:

On the machine with the internet connection, I have Windows XP running with Internet Connection Sharing and the firewall. Under the advanced tab in the firewall setup, I opened the HTTP port80 and linked it to the internal IP address of my Linux machine.

Once that's done, someone from the Internet should be able to use a browser to point at http://your.external.IP#/ and the windows box will serve that request to the Linux box.

Hope that helps,

meowdawg