Help With XP Web Server

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I am trying to set up a Web Server on XP. I have installed all of the
components but I am have trouble getting it to work outside the LAN. I want
to use the remote connection accessed through IE 6. If I put my IP address
in the address bar or IE on the LAN it works find. But I can not get a
connection from another computer outside the local LAN.

Bryan Krossley

 

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You need to forward both TCP Port 80 (IIS) and TCP Port 3389 (RDP) in order to access the web based
Remote Desktop from a remote site. This presumes that your ISP is *NOT* blocking TCP Port 80, since
running a web server may violate the terms of agreement with your ISP.

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"Bryan Krossley" <krossley@mindspring.com> wrote in message
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>I am trying to set up a Web Server on XP. I have installed all of the
> components but I am have trouble getting it to work outside the LAN. I want
> to use the remote connection accessed through IE 6. If I put my IP address
> in the address bar or IE on the LAN it works find. But I can not get a
> connection from another computer outside the local LAN.
>
> Bryan Krossley
>
>

 

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Al's mentioned the major issue I'm familiar with this--ISP's blocking port
80.

Check the TOS (terms of service)--in the case of Verizon, for example, in
portions of their network, port 80 is blocked. However, the TOS doesn't
forbid running a non-commercial web server--they just make it a bit more
difficult.

You must, of course, be using the public IP address assigned to your
connection by the ISP, and not a private IP address originating in a router
or other device connecting you to the Internet.

"Bryan Krossley" <krossley@mindspring.com> wrote in message
news:%237QduObbEHA.3096@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>I am trying to set up a Web Server on XP. I have installed all of the
> components but I am have trouble getting it to work outside the LAN. I
> want
> to use the remote connection accessed through IE 6. If I put my IP address
> in the address bar or IE on the LAN it works find. But I can not get a
> connection from another computer outside the local LAN.
>
> Bryan Krossley
>
>