Forum Moderators: phranque
Welcome to WebmasterWorld!
Assuming that you have no router and have set your firewall(s) to allow traffic on your preferred server port, you should be able to access your server from any external computer on the internet by using your WAN address -- the address privided by your ISP for your modem.
If you do have a router, then you'll need to configure it to forward traffic on that port to your server.
Jim
try to telnet directly on the server to the server IP:
telnet (server_ip) 80
and check if apache 'listens'
Yes, that IP address is your WAN address, so that's what you should use to access tyour site from another computer. I.E. [<wan_IP_address>...] should get to your home page.
This will not work from inside your own network, though since using that WAN address would make your computer attempt to open a connection that is both outgoing and incoming at the same time. So, you're stuck with using your WAN address from outside, and your LAN address from inside your own network.
Jim
Many ISPs take this seriously enough that they will permanently terminate service for violations. This is actually a useful tool against people who run scraper and malicious sites on home ISP services. In one case described here, the bad guy got reported and his account was canceled -- And that was the *only* ISP in the large region wher he lived... I hope he found a new job, 'cause he was just flat off the internet until he moved somewhere else.
I should note that because the traffic profile of a server is so different from that of a browser, most violators are caught automatically and easily.
Jim
