jjbutler88 — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 16:53:58 +0000

Ok, almost there. When I type the site name into the address bar, it gets to my router at 192.168.0.1, but not to the server. I set up port forwarding (hopefully), but it still only gets to my router. Any thoughts? Im so so close its frustrating!
Thanks in advance,
Jon

jjbutler88 — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 12:49:26 +0000

Oh, so even though my IP stays the same for a few hours, doesnt mean it is static? Bugger. Well in that case how do I tell if its static? Might it be an idea to set iy up dynamically anyway, even if it turns out to be static?

Greg K — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 09:24:10 +0000

How did you determin that your IP adddress is static? With my connection, I usually have the same IP address for months, however, it is dynamic and can STILL change.

If you move to another connection that only has a switch, you would have to check with the ISP at thatlocation as to if they provide static or dynamic IP addresses.

-Greg

jjbutler88 — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 08:41:23 +0000

Alright, its static . So what do I do now? Is the rest of the setup with the DNS that came with my domain name, or is there another step to take? Also, were I to move the server to another network with only a 4 port wired switch, would the IP still stay static? I assume id just have to enter a new value for my IP into my DNS records?

jjbutler88 — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 08:21:14 +0000

Thanks a lot for the reply, have just set up port forwarding and im about to go see if my IP is static or dynamic. Thanks for the speedy reply .

pcmedicplus — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 03:39:34 +0000

go to http://www.whatsmyip.org/ to get your outside ip address. You need to set up a port forward in your routet to port forward all traffic on port 80 to 192.168.0.50. If your Outside IP is static your set if it is dynamic you need to look into a service like http://www.no-ip.com/
to setup IIS and Email Routers.