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Thanks
for all the input. I'll give it a shot this weekend. At least, now,
I have a general direction I need to go (more than I had
before).
Gary L.
Alford
Manufacturing
Operations Project Specialist
Bell Helicopter XWorx
Phone: (817)
280-6233 Fax: (817) 278-6233
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have not failed. I've found 10,000 ways that won't
work.
Thomas
A. Edison
You'll need to log into your router to do this--typically (although
certainly not always) the router's IP address is 192.168.1.1 so if you go
there in your browser, you should get a login prompt. You'll have to
check your manual to see what your default login is if you haven't changed
it. Once you log in, it will vary by brand what the configuration steps
are, but in most cases if you go to "status" you can see your public IP
address. The only reason you really need this is to tell people what IP
address to hit to get to the machine.
For the outside connectivity what you're looking for is port
forwarding. Basically here you just tell the router if someone hits the
public IP on port 80 to route them to the internal IP address of the machine
you're running your app on. You can get your internal IP address by
opening a DOS window and running ipconfig. On most routers when you get
to the port forwarding screen you just enter the port number (80) and the
internal IP address of the machine, then in some cases there's an "enable"
checkbox so you can turn forwarding on and off for specific processes.
To test, you would just hit your public IP address in your browser.
Sorry I can't be more specific--if you have a Linksys router I can
probably give you the exact details. Other brands might look different
and use different terminology but the general process would be the same.
Matt
On May 20, 2005, at 9:00 AM, Alford, Gary L wrote:
I'm running from my house. And, yes, I am running through an
SBCGlobal DSL router / firewall connection.
I'm not certain if I am running the developer edition or not. I
think it's the full package, but I may be mistaken. It's been a while
since I installed it. However, all the development I have been doing
is running straight form http://localhost with no port number.
Even if it's the developer edition, a two-user limit should be
fine.
I
am running this set up through Windows 2000 server.
How do I set up the forwarding for port 80? How do I determine
what my public IP address is?
Gary
L. Alford
Manufacturing Operations Project Specialist
Bell Helicopter
XWorx
Phone: (817) 280-6233 Fax: (817)
278-6233
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have not failed. I've found 10,000 ways that won't
work.
Thomas
A. Edison
Are you going to be running this from your house or from an
office? Main thing there is to make sure it's routable to the
outside world. If you're running it from your house and have a
typical cable/dsl firewall router, you can get in there and set up port
forwarding for port 80 so when someone hits your cable/dsl public IP
address, they get sent to the right machine. If you're running it
from your office you'll want to get in touch with your network team to see
what they suggest and get assistance setting it up.
As for the machine itself, if it's running fine from http://localhost/ with *no port number* for CF
stuff, then you're all set. However, if you're running the developer
edition of CF it's limited to 2 outside connections, so be aware of
that.
Lastly, if you're running Windows XP Pro be aware that it has a
connection limit of 10 users, so if you're going to have more than 10
people hitting the box at once, it's going to reject whoever gets there
after number 10.
Matt
On May 20, 2005, at 8:25 AM, Alford, Gary L wrote:
I am currently running a development
project on an IIS server running on my local machine. This
weekend, I would like to provide remote access to this server to other
members of my organization for testing purposes. However, I
have never set up a server for somewhat public use.
Is there anyone out there who would
be willing to provide me with offline, telephone support on how to set
this up or can provide me with some kind of direction on where to get
information to set this up on my own? I don't want to be a burden
to anyone, but I am at a total loss when it comes to this sort of stuff
since I have never done it before.
Gary L.
Alford
Manufacturing Operations Project Specialist
Bell Helicopter
XWorx
Phone: (817) 280-6233 Fax: (817)
278-6233
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have not failed. I've found 10,000 ways that won't
work.
Thomas
A. Edison
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