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Tetris
03-09-2003, 03:57 PM
How can I run a Webserver on a clientmachine that uses a
shared-Internet connection.

If I run the small server on the pc that is directly connected to the internet I see an IP address example "162.212.206.1"

But if I run the same server software on a client-machine I only see "127.0.0.0" as IP address.

How can I make this server running on a client-machine see and use "162.212.206.1" as IP address, so that people from outside
can login from there ?

Greenstead
03-09-2003, 06:45 PM
I don't run a web server. But if you want to direct a connection to a service on PC inside your LAN (like a web server) you must forward the appropriate port for the protocol - in this case HTTP on port 80.

If you are using ICS configure it to direct port 80 to the IP address of the PC with the web service. (Note, you really want the web server IP address to be static).

Try that.