Thanks both for the info. I'm going to try both way.
But, Alderman, do you know of any site that I can use
to register my hostname?
Thanks


--- Sean M Alderman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> If he's stuck with a dynamic IP he could look into
> using a Dynamic DNS
> client to register his hostname.  I've had this
> setup before and it
> works rather nicely, even for dial-up connections.
> 
> On Thu, 2002-06-20 at 14:05, Eddie Bush wrote:
> > Do you have a static IP address? =)
> > 
> > Most DSL services give you 'communal' IP
> addresses.  You don't have a
> > 'unique' one for each of your machines - and they
> change every time you
> > connect.  My guess is that this is most likely
> your problem.  To rectify it,
> > check on getting your own IP address/pool through
> your DSL provider.
> > Another thing too - if you want to be able to
> access your computer by name -
> > you'll need a domain if you don't have one.
> > 
> > Additionally, you will need to ensure that you
> have the domain set up to
> > point to the correct IP Address.  Also, I'm not
> entirely sure how your LAN
> > is configured - but if all of your machines are
> sharing one IP Address
> > you'll need to check into configuring your router
> to direct all http/https
> > traffic to the specific machine that has Tomcat
> installed on it.
> > 
> > *looks around* Did I miss anything guys?
> > 
> > I hope that answers your question.  If I totally
> misjudged your perdicament,
> > please feel free to repost =)
> > 
> > Eddie
> > 
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Yu Ye Zhou" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: "Tomcat Users List"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2002 1:01 PM
> > Subject: outsiders cannot brows my site in tomcat
> > 
> > 
> > > I have three computers connected to each other
> as LAN.
> > > I use DSL and a router to have all of them
> connected
> > > to internet. I have tomcat install in one of the
> > > computer as stand alone. I can see the index
> pages by
> > > using name of the computer using
> > > http://NameOfComputer:8080 within my LAN.
> However, if
> > > I try to see the same page from a computer
> outside of
> > > my own network, page is not found. It also says
> server
> > > is not found. It seems to me more like a network
> > > problem than problem with tomcat. I didn't
> intergrate
> > > apache web server with tomcat. Do I need apache
> to see
> > > the page? Can I use tomcat only? Anybody also
> have
> > > idea of why outsiders cannot brows my pages?
> > > Thanks a lot.
> > > Yu Ye Zhou
> > >
> > >
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