Help if possible

busdriver197 · - Joined: 19 Feb 2004 Posts: 2

Well guys, this is my first experience with using your own webservers. I pay for a host, but I wanna try and do my own. I downloaded and installed the Abyss software and set everything up. My server computer is running windows 2000 advanced server (I couldnt figure out how to setup a webserver there, so I used this software). I can see the website if I type in 127.0.0.1:8080 on the server, but if I type that on any other computer on my LAN I can't. I use a NetGear router. How would I be able to get people from the outside of my LAN to access my server? Thanks.

TRUSTAbyss · - Joined: 29 Oct 2003 Posts: 3752 Location: USA, GA

open your router setup page and click on port forwarding
and forward the ports 8080 to 8080 , TCP UDP Enabled 8)

busdriver197 · - Joined: 19 Feb 2004 Posts: 2

I've done that already. Except I dont have any options for TCP UDP or whatever, just port #s.

TRUSTAbyss · - Joined: 29 Oct 2003 Posts: 3752 Location: USA, GA

ok , go here aprelium.com/ip/ and tell
us your IP so we can test your site.

Anonymoose · - Joined: 09 Sep 2003 Posts: 2192

If you can't see it from other PC's on your LAN you have a problem before you even look at setting up port forwarding on the router. Do you have a firewall enabled ? Are you definitely using the right LAN IP for your server when accessing it from your other machines ?

iNaNimAtE · Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2004 3:17 am Post subject: Re: Help if possible

sanderrrrrr · - Joined: 10 Feb 2004 Posts: 28

I think he does :)

From another topic:

iNaNimAtE · Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2004 1:27 am Post subject:

Let me just clairify what exactly 127.0.0.1 is (for those of you who haven't figured it out).

127.0.0.1 is the IP Address for Localhost. Local meaning not across the internet, and host meaning computer. Localhost IS NOT computer-specific. Say you have 2 computers; one named "bob" and one named "jim." If you were to say "Go to 'jim' on the 'bob' computer, it would go to the computer named jim." And vice-versa. However, if you were to say "Go to 'localhost' (127.0.0.1) on the 'bob' computer, it would go to the 'bob' computer." If you typed it on "jim," it would go to "jim."

Simply put: Localhost will go to the computer it is typed on. If you are trying to get to a website, type 127.0.0.1, and the website isn't stored directly on the computer you typed it on, you will get nowhere.

If you run a network, and you want to get to a computer on the same network, you need to find the Internal IP Address of that computer.
How to find it:
Win98 and below: Start>Run>Typle "winipcfg"
2000 and after: Start>Run>Type "cmd">Once open, type "ipconfig"

Note: If anyone found this useful, I suggest it be moved to the "DNS/Networking" category.
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