i have been haveing trouble for about 4 weeks now and have come to realize that i can not get this done alone. i am running Apache version 2.0.50 on mandrake 10.0 offical. i am trying to get a php site to run. i am at the point where i can goto localhost/phpBB2/install/install.php and i can start the configuration of the site and load the site make posts edit and so on but what i need to do is make it so that i can use
this is what i have set up so far but cant seem to be able to get it done i have port 80 open and i am useing a linksys router model # BEFSR41 in the router i have set the DMZ Host IP Address to the internal ip of the mandrake machine and this still does not help any ideas thanks






kwick

Well for starters, the webserver answering on www.kwickbid.com (and kwickbid.com) seems to be IIS (Microsoft).
So first of all you need to point you IP to the MDK server.

- Peder

does it matter the server is on the same ip?? to keep the ip updated that is running on a windows machine but the apache is on the mandrake box



kwick

You can't have the same IP assigned to two PC's. If the windows PC needs to keep 69.136.197.39 you have to give
the MDK PC another one (that's assigned to you). Then you'll have to register a new name to that IP (perhaps www2.kwickbid.com).

- Peder

well from what i have read my external ip is the same for all the machines say like 123.45.678.90 its the router that assinges an internal ip for each machine say machine1 192.167.1.100 machine2 192.168.1.101 machine3 192.168.1.102 and so on so from what i have read the external ip say 123.45.678.90 that needs to be kept up to date so the domain is directed to the ip and that it does not matter if it is being updated on a windows machine or linux as you are updating 123.45.678.90 and 192.167.1.100 doesd not change as this is set buy the router not yor provider. i may be wrong but this is what i have read



kwick

OK, you have a router/firewall doing NAT.

What you have on you router now is a rule that says "Any incoming traffic to port 80 on the router will be sent to the windows PC"
You need to change that rule so it points to your MDK PC instead. You will have to consult the manual of you router on how to do that.

- Peder

well i think i have done that. i have the DMZ Host IP Address pointed to the mandrake box is this what you mean



kwick

No, since I still get the IIS "Under Construction" side when I surf to kwickbid.com.

You have to make sure that incoming traffic to port 80 (the http port) on the router is reaches your MDK PC. There should (perhaps) be some
"Port forwarding" menu on your router. That's the one you'll want to use.


Incoming web traffic (port 80) ---> ROUTER ------ Redirected to MDK (port 80) ----> MDK

Perhaps the easiest way is to switch IP's of the Win and MDK PC (keeping in mind any security or other implications this might have).

- Peder