dynamic ip

[mbossman2]

the problem is the IP address. it sounds like you are assigned an IP address from a pool controlled by your provider via a DHCP server.

for someone to visit your web server you need to have a static (or fixed) IP address. you will need to talk to your provider to see if that is something they are willing to do or if you will have to pay for that.

[A+manhattan]

I wrote this question earlier: I have a cable modem with a dyanmic ip address. I want to run a web server for testing purposes. how do i go about this? how do i get my ip address to be viewed on the net? i have iis installed but only intranet works. please help:
someone helped me and told me to go to this site http://www.dyndns.org/. Well, now i have an address name for my ip address but i still can't get it on the web. Only intranet works. How can I type in www."ip address".com and get it to work?

[A+manhattan]

But my ip address will remain the same for a couple of days until it is assigned a new one. Shouldn't it still be possible to view my web page or whatever on that specific ip address until a new one is assigned? I think it should

[Dave22]

Yes it should work, unless the cable provider is doing some kind of packet filtering which won't allow inbound HTTP connections.

I'm assuming your web server actually works...

To access it via the IP address, you would type: http://192.168.1.100/ (substitute your IP in there)

[A+manhattan]

that could be true. I am also running winproxy for a firewall could that stop inbound connections?

[glc]

Dyndns is specifically to get around the dynamic IP. It should work as advertised.

You are darn right its the Winproxy.

[Dave22]

I'm not familiar w/ Winproxy, but if it's got some kind of "safety" feature such as blocking inbound connections (like HTTP), then that's your culprit.

If in fact that's what's going on, I'll guess it's the concept that you don't want people making connections to YOUR machine. (For those who are not security knowledgable...ie "the average user")

[K A Hall]

I dont know exactly how they do it, but I have @home and they do not allow you to run a server.