Yeah, I'm a total newb.

[Onwlyix]

I'm trying to set up a server with WAMP. Well, I got it all installed and configured and everything, but I can't figure out how to get people to my server. I know it sounds stupid, but I've got a router, and I've tried the port forwarding and all, opening ports 80 and 443 on TCP. Then I see if people can get to my server. I've tried a bunch of different types of IPs, like my WAN IP and my actual IP. I have no idea what I'm doing... I [url=http://www.portforward.com/networking/static-xp.htm]set up a static IP[/url] and followed [url=http://www.portforward.com/english/routers/port_forwarding/Linksys/WRT54G/Apache.htm]this[/url] to the letter, but I still can't figure this out. I'm using a Linksys WRT54G router on Windows XP.

Thanks.
Onli

[trq]

Both of those guides are designed around your internal network ip. The ip you need is provided by your isp. You might also want to look at http://dyndns.org, I have a few servers running through there services, much easier than remembering ips.

[Onwlyix]

How do I set that up? Sorry, I'm clueless...  :-\

[apacheguy]

Do you mean "How do you go about advertising your site to get traffic?"
OR
"How do I properly configure my router to allow incoming traffic and to route that traffic to my apache web server?"

I got confused when you said [quote]I can't figure out how to get people to my server[/quote]

[Onwlyix]

"How do I properly configure my router to allow incoming traffic and to route that traffic to my apache web server?"

That. Sorry, as I said I'm still very new to running a server.

[apacheguy]

First of all run a port scan on grc.com to verify that port 80 is opened on your firewall.  Then, make sure that apache is set to listen on port 80 (you can check this in the httpd.conf).  Also, try to access your website on your machine locally (http://localhost).  Tell me if all of these check out.  If not, we can troubleshoot the problem from there.

[Onwlyix]

I did the port scan, and all common ports are on stealth. I thought I configured my router correctly, and I doubt it's a firewall because I don't have one installed ATM.
Here's what the site came up with:


Solicited TCP Packets: PASSED — No TCP packets were received from your system as a direct result of our attempts to elicit some response from any of the ports listed below — they are all either fully stealthed or blocked by your ISP. However . . .



Unsolicited Packets: PASSED — No Internet packets of any sort were received from your system as a side-effect of our attempts to elicit some response from any of the ports listed above. Some questionable personal security systems expose their users by attempting to "counter-probe the prober", thus revealing themselves. But your system remained wisely silent. (Except for the fact that not all of its ports are completely stealthed as shown below.)



Ping Reply: RECEIVED (FAILED) — Your system REPLIED to our Ping (ICMP Echo) requests, making it visible on the Internet. Most personal firewalls can be configured to block, drop, and ignore such ping requests in order to better hide systems from hackers. This is highly recommended since "Ping" is among the oldest and most common methods used to locate systems prior to further exploitation.

80
HTTP
Stealth There is NO EVIDENCE WHATSOEVER that a port (or even any computer) exists at this IP address!

Thanks for the help so far! =)

[apacheguy]

[quote]80   
HTTP   
Stealth    There is NO EVIDENCE WHATSOEVER that a port (or even any computer) exists at this IP address!
[/quote]

Your problem is right there.  Port 80 is NOT supposed to be stealth -  it should be detected as open.

Try reconfiguring your router to open port 80 and then running the port scan again.  Also, I'm a bit confused by this
[quote]I doubt it's a firewall because I don't have one installed ATM.[/quote]

You must have some sort of firewall between the internet and your computer or else port 80 would automatically be open because nothing would be there to block it.

[Onwlyix]

I don't have anything but AVG Antivirus and my router, and AVG isn't a firewall. Other than that, I can't think of anything.