Hello,

Afraid my technical level is too low to benefit from similar questions
and answers in this news group (I did look). So could someone really
"break-it-down" for me, and explain exactly what I have to do to host
my own server on the Web.

I have a server, a Motorola SBG 1000 wireless modem cable with a built
in router, and Comcast as my ISP. When I look at my IP address on one
of my attached devices it shows 192.168.0.10, while my Gateway shows
an address of 68.40.254.xxx. I have a firewall configured with medium
security (It's included in the SBG 1000).

Any help would be appreciate.

Thanks

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John Gray stood up at show-n-tell, in
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What is my IP address?


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Strontium

"It's no surprise, to me. I am my own worst enemy. `Cause every
now, and then, I kick the livin' shit `outta me." - Lit

You need to:

1. Have a webserver running on your machine.
2. Open up the firewall and point port 80 (or whatever port you choose) to
the local IP of the machine running the webserver.
3. Start posting your HTML.

You may also want to setup a dynamic DNS account so that you can access your
site with a name as opposed to an IP.


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John Gray stood up at show-n-tell, in
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Obviously. But, that wasn't my point.


That's why it's nice to use and NSP

--
Strontium

"It's no surprise, to me. I am my own worst enemy. `Cause every
now, and then, I kick the livin' shit `outta me." - Lit

Can someone help. Thanks

aww91@yahoo.com (t3606aw) wrote in message news:<e3a3652c.0312191620.6dc04f58@posting.google. com>...

What exactly is your question or problem?

Comcast, via your cable modem assigns a public TCP/IP address..a.k.a.your
WAN address.

The router then separates your home network a.k.a. LAN addresses - using the
non-routable addresses of 192.168.0.xxx - and assigns them to your devices
(wired or wireless) using a built in DHCP server.

The router then translates all the internal private LAN addresses to the
Comcast public address and visa versa. It is this NAT (Network Address
Translation) that allows you to share one Public address with many different
devices in your home.

Because of this NAT, the router also provides basic firewall type functions.
It does pass traffic from the internet to any private device, unless it is a
direct response from a device that went out. for example - a pc goes to a
web site - the router allows that web site to be sent back to the original
PC asking for it.


Check out http://www.practicallynetworked.com/
or http://www.homenethelp.com/

As a last measure - I am sure the Motorola SBG 1000 manual or web site
explains this as well.

"t3606aw" <aww91@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Sorry if I was not clear. My question is, how can I host a Web server
from home from one of my devices on my network.

Since the router allows me to share multiple devices from a single IP
address how do access that particular device from the outdside
(Internet).

Sorry for confusing, any help would be appreciated.

Check you router documentation for Port Forwarding.

You will assign a static address to a PC, then forward port 80 to that
address. People on the internet will point their browser to your WAN
address.

This is assuming your Cable Company allows this.


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