Clint Hamilton wrote: > Ok thank you...so how can I make so others CAN get to the > site when it's being served from a PC over here?
Tell them your FQDN (Fully Qualified Domain Name) that your ISP has assigned to you (or assigns you per dial-up connection). Thus: http://fully-qualified-domain-name.some-provider.some-domain If you connect via dial-up, your hostname might be a bit weird. In that case, you could register for a (free) dynamic DNS service that allows users to contact your PC via a pretty hostname (i.e. "clint.dns.org" instead of "ppp213-d54.noc-po-0.iprovider.com"). The DNS info is changed dynamically). > Do I have to configure this in my router firewall? Possibly, yes. I can't figure out your firewall's configuration so I cannot give you a powerful answer. However, you have to redirect the incoming web traffic to the machine where your server exists. > This WAS the IP address that the server program gave for the > website. Possibly, the program found out that a LAN exists there, so it gave you the "inside-LAN" IP. > I really don't the time to "learn Apache" That job does not consume that much time. Well, I mean: "Getting Apache to work with the default options is not time consuming". You will just have to edit httpd.conf and change the lines that refer to the server's home, server's name and that's all. Note that the above act is not obligatory. You can just go ahead and use the default options. > and don't want to shell out any bucks I guess this is an american expression for "not worth it". Correct me, if I am wrong. <s> Good luck in your efforts (getting a webserver to work as well as understanding my complicated message <s>) . -- tnu ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
