Hi All,

I would like to set up a web server at home using the DYNDNS service. However, I am not getting much success.

My situation thus far is as follows.

I am running Apache 2 on a Fedora Core Box.
I have signed up for a DYNDNS account and created a URL with them.
I have an Aztech DSL router with a web interface at 10.0.0.2.
My ISP say they dont block port 80.
The interface has a port forwarding option, but I'm not sure what to enter.
The web server is at 10.0.0.12.

I would like to know how I should set up my httpd.conf file.
And how I should set up the port forwarding.
Also if there is anything else to complete the setup.

After trying I receive an error:
You were denied access because:

Access denied by access control list.

Any help will be much appreciated.

firstly check that your web server is accessable by visiting... http://10.0.0.12/

if you're trying to setup a service that's accessable by everyone in the outside world, here's what you got to do...

on the dsl router: set up a service to forward port 80 to 10.0.0.12
install a dyndns client on your computer and set it up to find the ip address via web(the router may even support dyndns, i know my netgear does)

depending on your router you may not be able to test your web server from inside by visiting http://xxx.dyndns.org/ you may only be able to use it from http://10.0.0.12/

you'd have to go to somewhere outside the firewall or use some anonymous proxy outside to test your http://xxx.dyndns.org/ web service.

Thanks for your reply,

My web server is visible from my network.
I have yet to get a dyndns client. Do you have any suggestions on what might be good choice.

I have set the port fowarding for port 80 to my web server, but when I enter the ip number from the DYNDNS database in the browser it takes me to the router web interface?

If I were you, I would reconfigure the router so that the admin interface is not accessible from the public network. In addition I would change the port it is listening to, to a non-standard port number (thus avoiding the "conflict" with the port forwarding to your webserver).

Thanks a lot guys,

I've asked a friend at a remote location to check if the site is up and he says everything is visible from his location. I now have a slighty different problm in that I have install gallery (photo album) on the server. The albums were not visible from outside so I changed the URL to the DYNDNS one. Now I can't view the albums or get into the configuration to change it.

Any suggestions?

try and add a line in your hosts file like...
10.0.0.12 xxx.dyndns.org

restart the browser and see if you can visit the dyndns url from the inside.

I've managed to edit the config.php file in the Gallery directory and change the URL back to the original internal IP, but now the pics won't be able to be viewed from outside?