help: wierd problem

forgotten8988 · **on:** May 24, 2005, 11:47:49 PM

all help is greatly appreciated. B)

aarf · **Reply #1 on:** May 25, 2005, 01:20:47 AM

Hey, I got on no problem....and no error.....thought you may want to know.

Edit: Worked with both IE and Firefox

MarkV · **Reply #2 on:** May 25, 2005, 02:01:40 AM

No problem here. Tested with Firefox 1.0.4

Are you behind a router? If so, there are two networks: LAN and WAN

Anyone accessing the server from 'outside' your router has to use the external IP. If you are 'inside' your router's network, you have to use the internal IP. To find out your internal IP use IPCONFIG.

MarkV

forgotten8988 · **Reply #3 on:** May 25, 2005, 02:08:23 AM

ok i do have a router so i use the internal ip but do people outside the router use the internal or external and if i use the internal and they use the external i dont get how we could both look at the server at the same time on different addresses im trying to get a hold of my friend right now to see if it works if one of you want to try it then here:

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http://71.104.161.14/

MarkV · **Reply #4 on:** May 25, 2005, 02:34:21 AM

With a router you have in fact two networks:

1. LAN

Every PC that is physically connected to your router at your location is 'inside' and has to use the LAN IP (internal). use IPCONFIG at the commandline to find LAN IP.

2. WAN

Every PC connecting from the internet (like aarf and me) is 'outside'. These machines have to use the WAN IP (external). Your router translates the external IP into the internal one and forwards the requests to the computer your computer running the server (I assume you correctly forwarded port 80 as I was able to connect).

The problem is that most router don't allow people 'inside' the router's net to connect using the external IP. (I guess that's because the outgoing and the incoming IP are exactly the same).

internal IP often looks like 10.0.0.1 or 192.168.0.1

The only thing you need to know is that you provided the correct IP B)

MarkV