If he's stuck with a dynamic IP he could look into using a Dynamic DNS client to register his hostname. I've had this setup before and it works rather nicely, even for dial-up connections.
On Thu, 2002-06-20 at 14:05, Eddie Bush wrote: > Do you have a static IP address? =) > > Most DSL services give you 'communal' IP addresses. You don't have a > 'unique' one for each of your machines - and they change every time you > connect. My guess is that this is most likely your problem. To rectify it, > check on getting your own IP address/pool through your DSL provider. > Another thing too - if you want to be able to access your computer by name - > you'll need a domain if you don't have one. > > Additionally, you will need to ensure that you have the domain set up to > point to the correct IP Address. Also, I'm not entirely sure how your LAN > is configured - but if all of your machines are sharing one IP Address > you'll need to check into configuring your router to direct all http/https > traffic to the specific machine that has Tomcat installed on it. > > *looks around* Did I miss anything guys? > > I hope that answers your question. If I totally misjudged your perdicament, > please feel free to repost =) > > Eddie > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Yu Ye Zhou" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Tomcat Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2002 1:01 PM > Subject: outsiders cannot brows my site in tomcat > > > > I have three computers connected to each other as LAN. > > I use DSL and a router to have all of them connected > > to internet. I have tomcat install in one of the > > computer as stand alone. I can see the index pages by > > using name of the computer using > > http://NameOfComputer:8080 within my LAN. However, if > > I try to see the same page from a computer outside of > > my own network, page is not found. It also says server > > is not found. It seems to me more like a network > > problem than problem with tomcat. I didn't intergrate > > apache web server with tomcat. Do I need apache to see > > the page? Can I use tomcat only? Anybody also have > > idea of why outsiders cannot brows my pages? > > Thanks a lot. > > Yu Ye Zhou > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup > > http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > For additional commands, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > -- Sean M. Alderman ITRACK Systems Analyst PACE/NCI - NASA Glenn Research Center (216) 433-2795 Calling a windowed operating system "Windows" is like naming an automobile "Wheels." -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
