others cant access my site?

[Player808]

Ive been having problems on accesing my site from other computer im using my own server that i made its an apache2 server with php and mysql and i was just wondering how do i get it to allow others to veiw my site what do i have to do to make my website accesible thanks!

[Player808]

heres a little more information Im using a windows xp and apache 2 server with php and mysql im also behind a linksys router and have roadrunner internet. Could it be that port 80 is blocked by Roadrunner? If so how do i reroute it to another port so others can access my site.

[ComputerNut]

Im not sure that you can have internet on a port other than 80. Have you set a port foward in your router to direct all incoming requests on port 80 to the IP of your server? thats pretty much what you have to do to get other people outside your network to access your site. Its also possible that roadrunner could block port 80. some ISP's are harsher than others when it comes to running web servers.

HTH,
CN

[Player808]

From what ive read on other forums you can redirect them to other ports but im not sure on how to do that ive tryed following their instructions and my freind has been testing it from other computer outside my network and it still has no luck in accessing the site/server. I really have no clue to do as of now

[ComputerNut]

Have you actually tried to redirect port 80 to your server IP address? It basically works like this:

1. Log on to your router. since were dealing with a linksys, open up an internet browser and type 192.168.1.1. it will ask for a password. unless you changed this password in the settings, the default is usually 'admin'. leave the username blank.

2. If its anything like my linksys router, there'll be some tabs with setup options, if theres and advanced option click on that. fowarding is likely on that page.

3. Once you get on the Fowarding or Port Fowarding page. there'll be a list of a bunch or empty boxes and check marks (unless of course, you filled stuff in there). so if theres anything there for redirecting traffic to your server, blank it.

4. Type in the following info in any of the entires (if yove got no info in any of them, just select the first row): Name: server, Port range: 80 to 80, Protocol: check TCP, IP address: 192.168.1.xx (xx being whatever the LAN ip is of your server), enable: check this.

the setup will be something along those lines, thats at least how Mine works. Sry if my setup instructions confuse you, im doing this from memory.

HTH,
CN

[Player808]

OK i had the same thing like that i copied from the FAQ of linksys but i had copied there IP to i changed it to mine BUT still yet my freind cannot access it :/ perhaps the ISP had blocked port 80 how do i get around it? like how can i get it into a diffrent port?

thanks
still

[Player808]

Ok just got out of a chat session with RR technical service and they said yes they block port 80 for security reasons and i asked them is it still possible to host my own web server and they said yes but i will have to use a diffrent port and they also said they have no documentation on how i could do this so right now i am in search on how i can re-route my web server


Right now I want to know how I can configure The Apache2 Server to be accessed from a diffrent port. How do i do this? What do i need to configure? second I need to know how to setup my linksys router for port forwading to a diffrent port, its model is BEFW11S4. ^ this is what needs to be done this is just a recap the first post seems a bit messy

Ive just had a breakthrough i have now transfered to port 8080 succesfully after much tinkering however it still doesnt show on freinds browser i beleive its my router this time. If you have any ideas on how to configure my router to allow access to port 8080 please post it ideas are always welcome!

Thank you

[ComputerNut]

Originally Posted by Player808 Ive just had a breakthrough i have now transfered to port 8080 succesfully after much tinkering however it still doesnt show on freinds browser i beleive its my router this time. If you have any ideas on how to configure my router to allow access to port 8080 please post it ideas are always welcome! Thank you

Basically just go through the same method I mentioned in the last post, but instead of the range being 80 to 80, make it 8080 to 8080 (I think thats youre getting at, right?). bascially it will just simply make the router listen for requests at port 8080. Im not 100 percent sure if this will work, as ive never had to run apache at a different port other than 80. So youll have to tinker with that and see what you can get.

HTH,
CN

[glc]

If you are on port 8080, you have to use the following to access it:

http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:8080

And 8080 must be forwarded in the router as already discussed.