On Fri, 12 May 2000, Gfts wrote:
->Hi friends,
->
->I've just joined this group ...
->
->I need some help on networking ... i'm working on linux 6.1
->
->I want my machine to act as a server. Since we are connected on ISP, i get
->is a dynamic IP and hence, if i put my name as www.gfts.org .. others can't
->connect on my machine. If they give my ip, they can access my machine
->homepage.
->
Are you talking about others from your lan or from outside your lan.
On a dynamic IP, it is not possible to access your machine from WAN.
But within the lan, you can make everyone access your machine.
For this you need one static private ip address. Did you configure your
network card properly?
Nagarjuna
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