Publishing WebSites from Personal Server????

ph8edsicness

Okay, I've built a server utilizing windows 2000 Server. I'm behind a LAN with a router to distribute my high-speed connection. Here's my question. How do I publish my websites? I have two of them. I tried using the Virtual Directory Wizard where you can set-up the IP address, location of the folder to be used as a website, etc. but to no avail.

Anyone who has published a website to the internet on their own server, or personal computer from home please help! It would be greatly appreciated as moving my sites to my own server would save me a ton of money on hosting and maintenance. Thanks!

jnuneznyc

Have you set the port 80 to forward to the web server?

If so, then all you need to so is create a virtual server (with the wizard) and then bind the domain names to the ip address.

If you have a dynamic address... look into DynDNS

ph8edsicness

Can you help me out a little more, I'm still new to networking and routing stuff... I use a Linksys Etherfast router and I'm not exactly sure how to forward ports... All I really know is that my nameservers are:

1: magic.magiceyedesign.com
2: magic2.magiceyedesign.com

I also know the gateway of my router and my ISP IP address.

Mordecai

Since you're running through a router, the computer that the router is hooked up to is currently the one with the IP. The ones behind this connection are unavailable to the outer world. You'll have to forward the ports via your computer with the internet connection, or set up the server there.

ph8edsicness

I'm further than that when it comes to networking, I know all about LANs, WANs, routing connections, setting up print and media servers. Web Publishing at home, however, is new. I currently have the internet connection routed into the server and the server passing IP addresses to the other two PCs on my network. The router is the gateway. Here's a shitty diagram that might help you understand my setup.

ph8edsicness

Anyone? I know it's a crappy diagram but hopefully someone can help me out

BulldogGC

I didn't read all your post but if you're using some cable or DSL providers they won't allow you to do it.

They block it because it chews up their bandwidth and breaks the contract you signed with them.

ph8edsicness

Don't have to worry about that, they can't trace it if I do it right. I already checked with my friend who's an MCSE and does it himself as well.

matt_4013

What you need is called Network Address Translation (NAT). Check if your router supports this, if it does, life is good. Most of them do, so you shouldn't have a problem. What you'll then need to do is read your router manual (or tech support website), which will tell you where to go to do it, then just assign all incoming requests to port 80 to the ip address of your server.

eg,
Router External IP = 61.9.128.16
Router Internal IP = 192.168.0.254/24
Server IP = 192.168.0.1/24

NAT = 61.9.128.16:80 -> 192.168.0.1/24

it's that easy! 🙂

ph8edsicness

I did that... my router is 192.168.1.1(default gateway on my network). My server 192.168.1.101 and I forwared port 80 to that address and gave that address to my website and still can't access it from other computers.

I used the Virtual Directory Wizard to set-up the directory for the website as well: the location is: c:/inetpub/mydomain/httpdocs/

Are there certain options in the VDW that need to be set to certain things?

Thanks for all the help I really appreciate it!

ph8edsicness

Matt_4013: any ideas after the information I posted above?