Hi all,

I am setting up a webserver using Debian linux.

My setup is:
Internet -->ISP modem -->Router -->webserver.

I know my ip from going to the websites that provide you such information.

When I try accessing my ip-address it goes into the setup page of my modem. How can I have the ip-address point to my webserver instead?

Thanks,

check out http://www.portforward.com

Are you connecting to the web server from the lan side of your router?
Or is the setup page being seen from the wan side from a remote internet computer?

If the last then you need to disable the setup tool from the outside and change the port to anything other than 80. Most normally use port 8080.

Now for the first one, assuming it is a store bought router, this is not normal if the setup resides on port 8080 but if port 80 then that will happen. Now changing the store bought routers port to 8080 will still not help. Reason many of these router do not support the ability to dnat back through the router using the external IP.

Brian

Please see below.

Thanks Brian, here's setup to aid me on my explanation. The | followed by a "v" indicates a down pointing arrow. I'm a newbie, so sorry if my terminology is off (although I've spent quite some time on linuxhomenetworking and other tutorials)

Internet
(WAN)
|
v
(WAN)
Modem Earthlink
(LAN)
|
v
Router Linksys
(192.168.5.1)
| ------------- |
v ------------- v
Web
server ------- *This_PC*
(192.168.5.50) (192.168.5.103)

1) I went to my Linksys router setup page and forwarded port 80 to point at the Webserver's IP address (192.168.5.50)

2) Now, from *This_PC* I can type on my web browser 192.168.5.50 and I can access the Webserver's startup page (apache's default page).

3) My problem is getting access to the webserver from the WAN. If I type my WAN IP Address on a browser from *This_PC* I get to the Earthlink modem configuration page, which has no options of port forwarding.

How can I point the WAN IP address to my webserver? I have tried forwarding port 8080 on the Linksys router to point at the Webserver's IP address (192.168.5.50) but this does not help.

Thanks,

Please see below

This is exactly my problem:

http://www.portforward.com/help/doub...forwarding.htm

Everything on the LAN side works (I can see my webserver at both LAN levels) the probem is that l can't see it from the WAN side


My first router is the ZyXEL Prestige 600 provided by the ISP (Earthlink)

My second router (already configured) is a Linksys Wireless-G

Thanks for you time and help,

Thanks to all for trying to help.

If anyone follows this:

1) Go to the modems help tab.

2) Click on advance settings.

3) Disable PPoE.

4) Configure your router to handle PPoE.

For more details pm me.

Cheers,

So you are now able to use the wan IP to see the web server from a lan machine?

Brian

Yes sir :-)

The problem was (I believe) that my first router (Linksys) (the one closest to the webserver) was forwarding port 80 just fine. But when it got to the the second router (built-in to my ISP-provided modem) things would get messed up (the firmware has very little configuration options). So I just pretty much disabled the modem (as I am not able to see it's configuration page) and when I type my WAN IP on a browser (from A LAN machine as you pointed out) I can get either to the first router (Linksys) or to my webserver (depending if i am forwarding port 80 or not).

So 'tis all good :-)

I still need to learn a whole bunch of security stuff (the books are thick), but I'm on my way.

Thanks for your help,

I see what you are saying. Did not catch both routers from the post. Anyways glad you have it going.

Brian