Re: port forwarding and other options for having access to my apache server through the ip address (Apache Users)

You may also need to look into whether you have a static or dynamic IP address. Many Consumer ISP packages provide dynamic, so the public IP address changes periodically, often a day or two in my experience. Also note this won't be the IP address of your host machine, but the IP assigned to the router.

On Fri, Jan 11, 2019 at 11:14 AM John <john.iliffe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Start here:

https://portforward.com/technicolor/td5130/

What you need to do is open port 80 (unencrypted http), that is, Internet browsers. Be sure
you have appropriate security because you are putting your machine in a hostile environment!
If you don't believe that, look at your log after a few days on the 'net!

If you plan to encrypt your pages, you will also need port 443 open (HTTPS).

Good luck.

John
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On Fri, 2019-01-11 at 20:04 +0200, Stathis G. Arapostathis wrote:
Dear Sirs / Madams,

I was wondering on how I could configure my router and make any other necessary configurations in order to open up my localhost to the web and letting internet users to access my locally stored pages by putting my ip address.

I have an old router and no support is available. My isp does not have support and I received zero responses from the router's support service. I think I have added a port in my router's menu but still internet users do not have access on it.

I am using the latest ms4w package which uses apache 2.4.27 along with mapserver and few other mapping tools.

My router is the technicolor td5130.

Could anyone provide some feedback please?

Thank you.

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