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03-Nov-2009, 02:48 PM #1
Question Solved: help my router is getting in the way
i am relatively new to hosting my own server so i don't know much about it but i am trying to connect my web server to the internet

i am using XAMPP as my web server
i have a dynamic wan ip. my router (d-link) says that it can update my ip address by using a website called www.dlinkddns.com this give me a sub domain name (username.dlinkddns.com) this bit does work, but when i type in the address my router configoration pages comes up and when someone connecting though the internet they get nothing as my router is blocking Remote Admin.

does anyone know how i can connect my server to the web insted of it showing my router config page???

thanks
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04-Nov-2009, 02:33 PM #2
Have you forwarded port 80 to your machine?
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05-Nov-2009, 02:48 PM #3
i had not though of that

but i have tried that now and all that come up is a can not connect (or in firefox connection interrupted) but this could be because i have done the port forwarding wrong

i put
application name web
on port 80 (tcp)
and the ip of the computer with XAMPP loaded on it
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07-Nov-2009, 01:53 AM #4
To see if you've done the port forwarding correctly, go here:
http://www.yougetsignal.com/tools/open-ports/

Click on "Check" (it should default to port 80 and your IP). If it says the port is open, then you're good. If it says the port is closed, something went wrong with the port forwarding. Also make sure that you've got exceptions in any software firewalls you may be running on your PC.

Also, try typing "127.0.0.1" (also known as localhost - this is essentially the address for the machine itself) into the address bar of your browser. You should see whatever is hosted on the webserver - it should be working correctly. If it's not, then something is wrong with the configuration of the webserver (regardless of any port forwarding).
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09-Nov-2009, 03:10 PM #5
thanks for the help i found out what it was i had clicked on remote management by mistake and it hated me for it

but thanks for the help
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