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Hi,
I am under a ethernet router, which in turn has a static ip and my pc's ip is and external ip is as usuall of the router, but now i want to host a site from my home on my pc, how can i configure it to work, well security is not a matter for me, as i am not gonna put it up forever,
can any member or the admin here help me out plz :?:
protforwarding how? daemon whats that?
what should i do?

My OS is Windows XP pro SP2, and i am gonna use IIS
:o

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Quick clarification and a practical plan.

The router screenshot showing a "Static Routes" page is misleading for this task: static routes tell the router how to reach other IP subnets and do not perform NAT/port forwarding. As suggested, HTTP traffic arriving at the router must be forwarded to the workstation. The correct router feature is usually labelled "Port Forwarding", "Virtual Server", "NAT", "Applications" or "Port Mapping" — not "Static Routes". If the router only exposes static routes, it cannot translate an external port to an internal host and the administrator will need to enable the router's NAT/virtual-server feature or use different firmware/hardware.

Practical steps (order matters):

  • Give the webserver a fixed LAN address (either set a static IP on Windows XP or create a DHCP reservation on the router). Example TCP/IP values for a typical 192.168.1.x network: IP 192.168.1.221, Mask 255.255.255.0, Gateway = router LAN IP.
  • On the router add a port-forward/NAT/virtual-server entry mapping external TCP port 80 -> 192.168.1.221 port 80 (or another external port if 80 is unavailable). If the router UI lacks this, ask the network admin to add it.
  • On the Windows machine ensure IIS is running, the site is started and its binding is correct (All Unassigned or the server IP on port 80). Grant the web-folder read permissions to the web account used by IIS.
  • Allow inbound HTTP in Windows Firewall (exception for TCP port 80 or the IIS service).

Quick checks and troubleshooting:

  • Confirm IIS is listening: run
    netstat -an | find ":80"
  • Test locally with http://localhost/ and http://192.168.1.221/. Test from outside the LAN (many routers do not support hairpin NAT) — from a remote network use:
    telnet <public-ip> 80
  • If the WAN IP shown in the router is a private address (10.x, 172.16-31.x, 192.168.x or 100.64-100.127) the ISP has you behind carrier NAT and inbound forwarding will not work without the ISP assigning a public IP. Some ISPs also block port 80; in that case use an alternate port (8080) and forward that.

Note: "daemon" = background service; in Windows IIS runs as services (for example, the WWW Publishing Service). Also: exposing a desktop webserver to the Internet increases risk — limit exposure and remove the forwarding when finished.

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The first thing that you would need to do is forward port 80 (on your router) to your computer.

This can be done many different ways depending on what kind of router you are using, here is an example from netgears knowledgebase:


Basically, you would need to specify the port (80 for web, 443 for secure web) Then the destination ip address (your local 192.x.x.x address). Once this is complete, you should be able to browse to your external ip address (which you can find at www.whatismyip.com) and view the website on your local workstation.

If you are wanting to use this from multiple locations, there are several Dynamic hostname providers that you can use to get a domain to use on the internet (instead of your ip address).

The one I personally use is:
http://FreeDNS.afraid.org

There are many others out there, and just let us know if you need any additional help.

* Note: Before we will really be able to help, we will need to know what kind of router you are using etc.

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* Note: Before we will really be able to help, we will need to know what kind of router you are using etc.

Well the kind of router i use i myself dont know its make, i have access to it, so actually i will put a screenshot of the routers, page,
once i know the exact way, i can ask the administrator to do it for me, but i need to know how to do it first ;)
this is the screenshot i jst uploaded it chek it out
thnx regards "James"

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It appears the option you would be looking for would be found under the 'Static Routes' option. From here it should provide a place to enter the port (80) and the internal ip (of the workstation you wish to use).

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It appears the option you would be looking for would be found under the 'Static Routes' option. From here it should provide a place to enter the port (80) and the internal ip (of the workstation you wish to use).

Me Acitsym here,

ok thanx, i will give u a rough idea on what options are available in the static routes option they are
first i clik on "create new ipv4 route"
and a new page with these options come up
1st= destination
2nd=Gateway
3rd=mask
4th=metric
Now what do i do?

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