Solved: found out Virgin Canada blocks port 80

greengrounds 2018-04-22 18:03:22 UTC #1

Keywords: General - Windows - How to - Other
Description:
Complete noob to setting up a server. So far I have installed Bitmani WAMP Stack 7.1.16-0 on windows 8. I have allowed this program through my windows firewall and can now get to my Joomla website from my other devices on the same WIFI network. I have set up a static IP for my device which is running my server (windows 8 laptop). I have port forwarded my IP through my router. Maybe I'm doing something wrong in this step? Still can't access it from outside my LAN.

Here is my port forward setting on my router.

Status: On
Protocol: Both
Internal port: 80-81
External port: 79-80
Local IP address: (my server device's static IP address)

I typed what's my IP into google on my server device and it gave a completely different IP address than my device's IP address. Not sure what I'm doing wrong here.

Any tips would be welcome!
Local IP address / Device name
Action
Ribbit
OnOff BOTH 80-81 79-80

jota 2018-04-23 14:42:33 UTC #2

Hi @greengrounds,

The steps you performed look good and you don't need to modify the app's configuration to use a different IP to access the site

What do you mean with a "completely different IP address"? Is that the private IP of your computer? Did you enter your public IP in the browser and got redirected to a different one?

Please note that configuring these settings in the router depends on the router itself so we suggest you double checked this configuration

Thanks

greengrounds 2018-04-25 16:22:12 UTC #3

"What do you mean with a "completely different IP address"? Is that the private IP of your computer? Did you enter your public IP in the browser and got redirected to a different one?"

Thank you so much for the reply. Yes, I guess my public IP is what I was referring to as different from my server IP.

"Please note that configuring these settings in the router depends on the router itself so we suggest you double checked this configuration"

So on my server I have set up a static IP and I have added this static IP to my port forwarding setting on my router. I'm sure I must be missing a step somewhere. Not sure if it is safe to share screenshots of my router settings with my IPs for people to verify but I can share if it is safe. All I really want to do is get my website online without having to pay for a server. I have a perfectly good laptop that I don't use and I thought it would be perfect for a server.