You can probably find the external IP address of your cable modem by pulling up 192.168.1.1 in a web browser. You can also go to http://checkip.dyndns.org/
I just setup an old Linux box at home to be accessible via the web using Dynamic DNS and port forwarding on my Linksys router. Basically dynamic DNS is a way of having a reliable connection to a server even if you do not have a static IP address. You install a client on your machine that regularly checks your IP address either from the firewall itself or from a web address like the one listed above then if the IP address has changed it will update the Dynamic DNS service provider so that they can point incoming requests to the correct IP address. I just setup service with dyndns.org and it seems to work fairly well. They have free service if you only want to use a cname off of their domain name like "yourname.dyndns.org" If you have a real domain name then they charge like $30 per year. There are some other dynamic DNS providers that have free service for your own domain name like http://www.zoneedit.com/ that one of my friends recommended to me. However, zoneedit will not let you use a cname off of their domain, you must have your own domain for their service. Do a search on Google for Dynamic DNS and you will find plenty of companies that offer the service. As for getting traffic around the firewall, I was able to get into the advanced settings of my Linksys router and configure it to forward all traffic on specific ports to the correct machine. The only problem is that you may not be able to have two separate web servers or two separate ftp servers behind the same firewall. -Dave -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ammon J Christiansen Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 4:28 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbies] grub or lilo setup for dual boot, http server config, ftp server config, php engine setup I already had winxp and I upgraded to rh9 after backing up all my personal files in rh8, but the boot loaders are looking on hd0 for winxp which is really on hd5. I tried booting from rh9 cdrom #1 to change the boot loader config, but didn't install anything new so it said that it didn't change my boot loader because the kernel did not change. How can I change the boot loader settings without changing kernels? Can I run a command from linux or do I have to boot from the cd? I want to set up my computer to be a http server with apache and so I can learn more about that and also teach myself php. Could anyone give me a pointer on where to go (web docs) where it has instructions for beginners that don't need anything fancy? How can I set it up to be a ftp server? I'm concerned that since my roomate's winxp box serves a cable modem internet connection to the apt that outside people might not be able to get a connection through his (Norton) firewall. Is that an issue or how does that work? Is there a command to ask the dhcp server for a new ip address? How can I find out my computer's ip address. If I'm not plugged into the network at bootup it says that init of eth0 failed. What command can I used to initialize it and get an ip address for internet connections or do I have to reboot? Thanks for your help and support _______________________________________________ newbies mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/newbies _______________________________________________ newbies mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/newbies
