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Old 03-08-2004, 12:50   #51
Richard M
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Re: Your own web server for free !

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Originally Posted by heyyo
Hi,

currently viewing the website locally its - http://127.0.0.1/
when i go to whatismyip.com i do get an I.P address but how do i direct that to the server. I am also behind a router...do i need to anything additional with that...

thanks
All you need to do is port-forward any requests on port 80, assuming you are using this port, it could be 8080.
Once you've done that, start up the webserver and replace 127.0.0.1 in your URL to whatever your IP is.
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