How to make webserver with public access?

[php_guy]

Hello all,

 

Little bit of a rookie question here, but I'll ask anyway

 

I'm developing a PHP page under Apache on my local machine. I navigate to my page by going to: http://localhost/ or http://127.0.0.1

 

However... if I go to my modem/router (i have an all-in-one) and get my exeternal IP (alternatively I can get from ipchicken.com, etc.) and try navigating to that by doing: http://<my-external-ip>/ then I do not get my webpage! Instead, my router's splash page comes up.

 

What am I doing wrong? Are there settings in Apache where I need to allow it to be viewable by public?

 

Thanks

 

[Chris92]

You need to port forward port 80 to your local address on your router.

[requinix]

After the port forwarding, you may still get your router's splash page. That's only because you're accessing it locally (and the router has detected that) - people outside your network will see the website normally.

[php_guy]

Thanks for the quick responses guys.... How do I set up port forwarding? Is it something that's specific to Windows? Or a setting in my router?

[requinix]

Ah, he went offline.

 

It's a router thing. Look around on the router's "site" for stuff to do with port forwarding. If you can't find anything, or don't understand what you found, ask Google for advice.

[ManiacDan]

Also note that if you get this working, you may be violating your ISP's customer agreement.  Generally they don't allow the customers on "residential" connections to run a web server.

 

-Dan

[jdavidbakr]

Also note that if you get this working, you may be violating your ISP's customer agreement.  Generally they don't allow the customers on "residential" connections to run a web server.

 

-Dan

 

On that note, most ISP's block port 80 inbound anyway.