Website off Home Computer

[MeRcChRiS]

So I got this cool image board thing and wanted to know how to get it off localhost and onto the net?

I do have a Static IP.

Help is much appreciated.

 

[enouwee]

Given you have to ask how to do so, I'm not exactly convinced this is a great idea. You don't want to expose your PC to more security issues than it has to stand already on a daily basis.

What have you set upo so far?

 

[MeRcChRiS]

apache
mysql
php

 

[TFlan]

You have already done the hard part if you have those 3 items installed already.

Now all you need to do is redirect all port 80 requests to your internal IP, and if you don't have a domain name yet, then this is your domain: http://whatismyip.com/

Depending on your brand of router depends on how you do this.

Go here for more on port forwarding: http://www.no-ip.com/support/guides/routers/router_port_fowarding.html

 

[MeRcChRiS]

I have a Linksys WRT54G. My brother locked it with a pass.

 

[Blackveiled]

Well, you can't host a website if you can't get the router pass. Because you need port 80 forwarded.

 

[MeRcChRiS]

Well say I do get the pass from my bro. What do I do? Do I just add port 80 and forward it to udp, tcp. what?

 

[TFlan]

Both.

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/tutorial38.html

http             80/tcp    World Wide Web HTTP
http             80/udp    World Wide Web HTTP
www              80/tcp    World Wide Web HTTP
www              80/udp    World Wide Web HTTP
www-http         80/tcp    World Wide Web HTTP
www-http         80/udp    World Wide Web HTTP

 

[MeRcChRiS]

Why Cant I log into the router if im hooked up into it directly using windows or some program it might have? Do i have to use the one on the browser?

 

[TFlan]

The browser is the only user interface with your router that I know of, and you will still need to know the password, changing the entry type doesn't change the requirements.

 

[MeRcChRiS]

Darn. Cause I know my bro is stubborn and crap. Well Ill ask to see if he can do it so I dont need to know the pass.

 

[Rapmaster]

There's a button on the router to reset it to factory defaults and the password then becomes something like administrator or admin. It's assumed that if you have physical access to it that you are entitled to reset it. If your house has different rules then make your own decision there... That's between you, your brother and your parents! Be careful though because you will need to set up your wireless network again, including WEP/WPA keys.

But running a public website from your own computer isn't really a good idea unless it's just to learn how it works. As mentioned if you don't configure things properly and stay on top of any vulnerabilities in apache (or whatever server you choose) you might find your computer suddenly hosed.