Router Question

[btsdev]

I have a linksys router and i'm hosting something on port 80. I can connect via http://localhost but others can't connect to my external address when i have forwarding to my pc via port 80 enabled. They tracert and timeout to my address too. Any ideas?

 

[Lore]

Is your computer running any sort of firewall? Are you set up using DHCP behind the router unit?

 

[btsdev]

I am not running any type of firewall, i just have the router set to most of the defaults and i don't have any firewall software.

As for DHCP, by default, the router has it enabled, starting at 192.168.1.100. the client lease time is at 0 (one day) and none of the DNS or WINS textboxes are filled in.

Behind the router are 2 pcs... .100 and .101.

p.s. i saw your sig and i'm attending berkeley next year

 

[HDRick]

you will need to forward port 80 to the webserver IP and make sure that your ISP is not blocking port 80 I know Cox cable does

 

[btsdev]

ah ha! you did it! thank you!

now i'm mad about my cable company blocking port 80 :|

So besides trying to host things on HTTP, is there another protocol that i could use to access the sites on my pc?

like:

Protocol://2.2.2.2

instead of using this:?

2.2.2.2 : (Anything but 80)

Thanks

 

[groovin]

i dont know how coxs filtering works, but you can just have your web server listen on a different port. of course, theyll have to specify in their address to use whatever port you have it listening to. so rather than http://x.x.x.x youll log into http://x.x.x.x:y.

if your using somekinda dynamic DNS provider like no-ip.com, you can have them automatically map x.x.x.x:y to yourname.no-ip.com

im just throwing stuff out there.

 

[btsdev]

thanks, i thought of the same idea myself. i'll prolly run TCP on 81 and connect it to a v3-url. simple enough. thanks guys for all of your help.