Hi,
I just setup a Debian box, and I don't have any experience with setting up servers. So, I use apt to install apache2, and I also have a domain name from DynDNS point to my IP. My internet is cable and all my computers are behind a D-Link Router. I can see the Apache Welcome page on my other computer, but people outside of LAN can't see it. I just want to start with the basic of setting up apache, then later php, mysql.....and other services. What configurations I have to do? Any help will be appreciated, thanks in advance.

You will need to login to your router and configure it to forward port 80 to the internal IP of your server. Any remote users should then be able to connect via your public IP address.

thanks for your reply
I did do that, but people still can't see it....I used the virtual server setting in D-Link's router

Have you cheked your firewall?

my firewall is open for that port too

Just to make sure disable the firewall completely on the server to rule it out and see if you can see the web server from outside. Since it can be seen from other computers I doubt that this is it. But it does not hurt to rule it out.

Also have you tried typing in your external IP instead of the domain name. http://x.x.x.x of your external routers IP.

Posiable your provider has block use of common ports. Configure the router to port forward an outside port of say 8888 to internal port 80 of machine.

Not sure how dyndns works but maybe it can be configured so when you type in your domain name that it points to your External IP and say port 8888 if cable provider blocks common ports.

Brian1

No, dyndns is just a regular dns, but you update it often. People will have to access your site at http://www.you.dyndns.org:8888, if you decide to use port 8888. Be aware that this can cause proxy problems.

Note: Are you trying to contact your external ip address from your own network? On many rouers, this won't work.

I can see the apache welcome page from a browser on a machince within the lan, but I want people outside my network to see the web page, too.

I don't know how to do that, do you have any experience doing it with D-Link 604 Router?

Thanks

I know. What I am asking is if you are performing the tests from your own LAN, or from some other place.

On the di-624, you must create a virtual server and set 'public port' to 8888 and 'private port' to 80
Before doing this, check that your ISP is really blocking port 80.

From my own LAN

I have a DI-604, but it should not be a big difference. Thanks.

On many/most routers, if you are on the lan side and you attempt to access the router by its public ip, it will fail. Ask a friend to try to connect to your web site in order to know if you really have a problem.

THe DI-624 is the wireless version of the DI-604.

Doing a little research on dyndns and wondered if you went through thier tech and faq questions. Go over these questions from thier site and see if any of these are the problem. http://www.dyndns.com/support/kb/arc...my_server.html

Brian1

Thanks, I read through it and several other articles in it, and I figured that my ISP blocked the port 80. So I tried the web hop service they have, and now it works fine

I hate those ISP that stop someone from using common ports.
Glad to see you have it going

Brian1