I just want to straight out some things...
Let's supose i want to host something in my pc(my connection speed doesnt matter, i'm just stating this out)..
Question nº1:I use a router(wireless, prolley doesnt matter), so if i enter my IP in a browser, i'll go to my router firmware, which is my first barrier to access my pc, 'cause the IP doesnt connect to my pc directly...How do i solve this?
Question nº2:After i pass my router, will i be able to setup a domain name, without paying, using this program : http://www.simpledns.com/, as someone stated today, in one of their posts(cant remember who)....

P.S- I know i have to install a server in my pc...

Thanks for your answers

you need to connect to the routers options by directing IE or firefox to the routers ip/dns address

then you need to set the router up to allow access

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Originally posted by squall_leonhart69r

then you need to set the router up to allow access

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partly, i myself don't really understand routers,.. i've only played with one about 10 minutes

but anything to do with addresses is what you need

Well i've enabled that DMZ Hosting thing, and inserted my internal ip adress...now when i enter my IP in the browser, it says it cant find it, and if i disable the DMZ Hosting thingy, when i enter the IP, i go to my routers firmware...so that's improving...my server is already running, i just dont know why it gets blank when i enter the ip...

ahh this is becoz, windows is set to automatically detect then network settings

you'll need to open the network settings and custom set the ip address

Ok now i didnt get you at all, can you explain me better please?i aint good in advanced internet configurations ...

here,.. this'll help you set it up

http://compnetworking.about.com/od/homenetworking/

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Originally posted by Johny
I just want to straight out some things...
Let's supose i want to host something in my pc(my connection speed doesnt matter, i'm just stating this out)..
Question nº1:I use a router(wireless, prolley doesnt matter), so if i enter my IP in a browser, i'll go to my router firmware, which is my first barrier to access my pc, 'cause the IP doesnt connect to my pc directly...How do i solve this?
Question nº2:After i pass my router, will i be able to setup a domain name, without paying, using this program : http://www.simpledns.com/, as someone stated today, in one of their posts(cant remember who)....

P.S- I know i have to install a server in my pc...

Thanks for your answers

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GAH What the hell

OK

Forget DMZ, is has NOTHING to do with it.

If you want to see your website you connect to http://localhost. If you want other people to, they visit http://yourip

However, your router will drop the incoming connection attempt on port 80 because it doesn't know where to send it.  So you need to forward port 80 to your INTERNAL IP (start => run => cmd => ipconfig, "IP address").

To configure your router you connect to it (as you've been doing) and login, then it'll be in the NAT/NAPT section, probably next to uPnP.

Once that's done, you run software on your PC to update your IP on the freedns server if it happens to change.

no worries..

all it takes is a google really

words of wisdom for next time

You're not suppose to connect to your internal ip.. your suppose to connect to your external ip (aka localhost) with DMZ enabled.

And simpledns doesnt give you a free www.com, what it does is let you set up a server where people can make www.com domains. But the thing is for that to work you need to be a registered DNS server, which you are not, so it wont work.

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Originally posted by Segosa

However, your router will drop the incoming connection attempt on port 80 because it doesn't know where to send it.  So you need to forward port 80 to your INTERNAL IP (start => run => cmd => ipconfig, "IP address"). It'll be in the NAT/NAPT section, probably next to uPnP.

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Restart your router.

Johny - due to the way home routers work etc, your router is being assigned your external ip address and your computer is being assigned an internal one.

If you want to access your web server as if you were outside of your home network (for example, anyone else trying to view your server) you will need to go through a proxy - since I'm in the UK and on blueyonder broadband I can use webcache.blueyonder.co.uk, try and find out what your ISP provides in the way of a proxy. If they don't provide one, check out http://www.stayinvisible.com for a list of available proxies.

As Segosa said, you will also have to "forward" all requests on port 80 from your router to your computer. To do this, login to your routers web interface, and choose port forwarding / virtual server / nat (or something similar). You will then have to forward requests on Port 80 TCP and UDP to your machines internal IP address.

Save your settings and you should be ok now. It is best to setup your computer to use a static IP address, rather than a dynamic one, so that you don't need to change the routers config if the IP address changes.