Isn't it possible the router doesn't know how to route the inbound request from the internet IP? Most/all routers have a configuration interface accessible via a browser. If you can get to the configuration, make sure that port 80 is open, and that the router is forwarding the request to the machine with the .100 NAT address... -----Original Message----- From: Eric Covener [mailto:covener@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 9:38 AM To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Fwd: Home Web Server On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 10:25 AM, Justin Zhang <justinzhang1969@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > My apache web server is connected as the diagram through DLink > router,Phone adapter and Shaw cable modem. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Voip-typical.gif > > Question, I can brower my web site by http://192.168.0.100/ within > local network. How can I browse my web site from computer over > internet? I check my IP address from myIPaddress and get > > 24.78.136.243 I try to browser with http://24.78.136.243/ but cannot > open it. I got following message. > It's a limitation of many home routers that you can't use your externally routable IP address from within the LAN. -- Eric Covener covener@xxxxxxxxx --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx