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I'm trying to setup a home server with no-ip.com setup to avoid my isp restrictions. This server will be on for a couple hours a week just to experiment. My isp does have a Dynamic IP and blocks port 80. I have 2 computers and 1 server and I'm using a netgear wireless router. Has anyone here every setup a server like this? Does anyone have any advice on how to set this up? What is Gateway address and what is Network address?
I also recently set up my first home server with no-ip so let's see.
When you say your ISP blocks port 80, you mean only outgoing right? I don't know a lot about different ISPs but if they blocked all traffic from port 80 then you couldn't surf the web.
Now, it depends a little on your router. In my router's configuration there was an option for making a virtual server. That ment that when somone connected to my ip from outside then depending on the port, it would redirect the traffic to a local ip. In my case, from port 80 to 192.168.1.2. You should be able to use other ports in your server but you should really first just check out what your router allows.
Gatway address is the way through which you connect to the internet. In my case, the router- 192.168.1.1. Network address might be just the IP. I recommend checking the definitions out from wikipedia.org.
So, check your routers configuration and let us know what can be changed.
(You probably know, but generally routers are configured by entering something like 192.168.1.1 in the browser.)
Distribution: debian, gentoo, os x (darwin), ubuntu
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kummiliim:
> When you say your ISP blocks port 80, you mean only outgoing right? I don't know a lot about different ISPs
> but if they blocked all traffic from port 80 then you couldn't surf the web.
if outgoing port 80 was blocked, you would not be able to surf the web...!
outgoing = you -> isp -> internet
incoming = internet -> isp -> you
now - that an isp tries to prevent you hosting a webserver accessible to the internet you block INCOMING traffic
with the destination port = 80
LinuxCrazy:
depending on the contract you have with your isp, opening a service to the "outside world" could be enough reason for them to cancel your contract; just make sure you are allowed to do what you are planing to do, before actually doing so :-)
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