Thanks, but i already forward 80 to my host, and my main question is, can i NOT get a domain name and just have people connect through IP? This is really just a fun little project of mine, i already have a real website with real hosting.

Yes, you can have people just connect by IP, as long as you only intend to have 1 site. You would just send them to http://12.34.56.78 and notify them every time your address changes. Not an appealing option, unless you have good luck with keeping a constant address.

Peace,
JimBass

Well i guess i could get a .tk domain name and just change the hosting to an ip and change that all the time.

But people are saying error connecting to server and stuff.

You can, but you don't NEED to. Check out http://216.239.57.99

Peace,
JimBass

Yeah thats what i thought, but my ip changes sorta frequently.

Im still having trouble connecting from outside.

Does it make a difference that i can type 68.67.217.22:80 in my browser in the lan and reach the server?

Everyone else is saying it times out.

(someone go ahead and try connecting)

Cannot connect and cannot ping this address which indicates the address is closed. Firewall perhaps?

Does a firewall ship with red hat 9? Is there a firewall in just the modem?

Most modem/routers have a firewall and in order to host a site you need to allow requests through port 80 and you also need to tell the router to forward requests to the hosting server.

I keep saying i have already done that! So, i have no idea..stil why its not working from outside. WHat would i need to do to themodem and how...

Is it a modem or a router? If the former it should be working.

If you have a router you need to go to the configuration page and forward port 80 from the WAN side to the IP address of your server, port 80. Your server also needs to have a static IP if it does already nevermind, if it doesn't you can configure the router to assign the same IP to your server all the time, or configure your server to have a static IP, if your going to do the second then give it an IP with the subnet mask but outside of the dhcp pool that the router uses for assigning IPs to computers.

EDIT: PS; what have you already done, set up the firewall on the server or configured your router?

OK. I have a modem and a router. I already forward 80 to the host machine with a static lan ip. I am not aware of any firewalls anywhere unless the MODEM has one. If it does can i disable it. I know the risks yeah yeah...or just tell the modem to allow port 80 to go to the router? Should i need to do that.


PS!!!! on windows i run a game server and people connect and play all the time.

Most adsl modems are modem/routers. i.e. does it have a an ethernet connection? An additional router may not be necessary. But if you have a router and modem router then both routers will have to forward requests.

Well its just an ethernet cable modem.

also, someone go ahead and try now, i downloaded this thing a while ago called Easyphp so i could test my php locally, it has an apche server, this is on windows, i forwarded 80 to the windows computer and it works for me.

http://68.67.217.22

if it works for you, then i got some ideas

Its not working.

Maybe your ISP has blocked access to port 80, some will do that if they don't want you running a website. Try making forwarding say port 54321 from your router to port 80 of your server, then you can try accessing your website like this: http://123.123.123.123:54321

Read the terms of your ISP's service agreement, it may be against their policy for you to run a wesbite of any sort