On Nov 10, 2007 7:28 PM, Aman Mathur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 1) Is this ip address of mine a static ip address ?. If not , then why > does it stay the same all the time ?
What you are seeing (192.168.1.x) is your LAN IP address not WAN IP. If you want to see your WAN IP then go here: http://whatsmyip.org Your LAN IP can actually be anything you choose it to be, provided that it can use your ADSL router as a gateway. By default, your router is configured with an internal IP (the interface facing your system) as 192.168.1.1. Hence, if you use DHCP, your IP address comes up as 192.168.1.x. > 2) If I want to host my website on my computer which anyone on the > internet can access, how do i go about it ? . I have some basic idea of > port forwarding and read some of the tutes on www.portforward.com, > which were really informative, but im still not sure how i can host a > website on my computer which anyone can access. You'll need either a static IP address or a dynamic DNS service (dyndns.org). Also, you'll have to configure your DSL router to allow traffic on port 80 (or any other port you wish to open for http). -- Siddhesh Poyarekar http://siddhesh.in -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
