> On Saturday 18 December 2004 17:23, amalasingh wrote: >> Folks, >> >> I am a mdk10.1 user. I am trying to access my localhost by >> typing my WAN IP address. >> >> But it just goes to the Router firewall page. I checked my >> router settings(especially virtual server configuration) all >> set correctly. Also confirmed with the router vendor. >> >> The vendor says we need technical expertise to forward the >> local server. Is that true? Do I need to have some networking >> knowledge to do forward even my http local server?? >> >> I use just default ports(80) >> >> Please help me. >> >> Cheers >> Amala Singh > > Didn't you already ask this question? > The answer remains the same. > > If you want people from the internet to reach your web server you must > disable > access to your router administration from the internet, and configure your > router to forward port 80 to your local IP address. That is all internal > to > your router configuration. Nothing to do with Linux. > Have you configured port forwarding in the router? How is it set up? > > Be aware that if you are trying to access your web server from inside your > local network by entering your WAN IP address, your router is probably not > going to forward the connection and will always display the admin page. So > just because you see the admin page does not necessarily mean that other > people see it. > > derek > On other thing to keep in mind - your ISP may block incomming port 80 connections at his routers. This is becomming more common.
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