Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 15:24:19 -0700 (PDT) From: Micke P <mickep3@yahoo.com> To: Paul Everlund <tdv94ped@cs.umu.se> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Trying to see website from the Internet Message-ID: <20031021222419.57031.qmail@web14507.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <3F959565.1070909@cs.umu.se>
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--- Paul Everlund <tdv94ped@cs.umu.se> wrote: > Micke P wrote: > > My machine (ethernet card) IP is 192.168.254.25 > and > > I'm serving on port 8080. I can bring up the site > no > > problem on my LAN- http://192.168.254.25:8080/, > but > > not outside. > > > > My ISP is earthlink and it's a dynamic IP account. > > Right now the WAN IP is: 68.164.84.178. Trying > > http://68.164.84.178:8080/ doesn't work. I've > opened > > the port, 8080, on the router. > > Right now the IP is 68.164.84.178? Yes. > This is not an > direct > answer to your question, but if you're using a > dynamic > IP I suggest you go to, for an example DynDNS, and > get > a name for your site. After that you should install > some kind of daemon that updates (in this case) > DynDNS > to reflect your dynamic IP-changes. In that way you > should always be able to connect to your box! > > But all that I guess you've already figured out. :-) Thanks. Yes. I have a domain. But setting it up doesn't do any good since there is no IP it can connect to. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com
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