how can someone see my webserver if I have a wireless router ?

1 Dec 2006 3:42 AM

wbsurfver

Here is my question. I have a laptop and I run a ruby/rails based web
brick server which serves up html pages. I have emailed people a way to
access this webserver through a URL that looks sort of like:

http://201.120.126.203:1000/

I could be at a public library on a wireless connection, and as long as
my web server is running, people can get to my website. I figured out
the url through ipconfig. However, now I have a wireless router in my
condo, so my laptop is wireless through the router. The url I used
before doesn't work, and of course ipconfig shows a generic intranet or
whatever ip address for my local area network. Is there anyway I can
still have someone get to my website on my laptop ?

I suppose I could unplug the router and plug the laptop in if I want to
show someone something particular, but the cable modem seems to take a
while to reset and doing it like that of course is kind of a pain
anyway.

1 Dec 2006 3:52 AM

Jack (MVP-Networking).

Hi
May be this can Help.
Look at option 3 on this page,http://www.ezlan.net/myip.html
Jack (MVP-Networking).

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> Here is my question. I have a laptop and I run a ruby/rails based web
> brick server which serves up html pages. I have emailed people a way to
> access this webserver through a URL that looks sort of like:
>
> http://201.120.126.203:1000/
>
> I could be at a public library on a wireless connection, and as long as
> my web server is running, people can get to my website. I figured out
> the url through ipconfig. However, now I have a wireless router in my
> condo, so my laptop is wireless through the router. The url I used
> before doesn't work, and of course ipconfig shows a generic intranet or
> whatever ip address for my local area network. Is there anyway I can
> still have someone get to my website on my laptop ?
>
> I suppose I could unplug the router and plug the laptop in if I want to
> show someone something particular, but the cable modem seems to take a
> while to reset and doing it like that of course is kind of a pain
> anyway.
>

1 Dec 2006 8:56 AM

Robert Klemme

On 01.12.2006 04:52, Jack (MVP-Networking). wrote:

> Hi
> May be this can Help.
> Look at option 3 on this page,http://www.ezlan.net/myip.html
> Jack (MVP-Networking).

Additionally he needs to set configure his router to either place his
laptop in the DMZ or set up the laptop as virtual server.

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> <wbsurf***@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>> Here is my question. I have a laptop and I run a ruby/rails based web
>> brick server which serves up html pages. I have emailed people a way to
>> access this webserver through a URL that looks sort of like:
>>
>> http://201.120.126.203:1000/
>>
>> I could be at a public library on a wireless connection, and as long as
>> my web server is running, people can get to my website. I figured out
>> the url through ipconfig. However, now I have a wireless router in my
>> condo, so my laptop is wireless through the router. The url I used
>> before doesn't work, and of course ipconfig shows a generic intranet or
>> whatever ip address for my local area network. Is there anyway I can
>> still have someone get to my website on my laptop ?
>>
>> I suppose I could unplug the router and plug the laptop in if I want to
>> show someone something particular, but the cable modem seems to take a
>> while to reset and doing it like that of course is kind of a pain
>> anyway.

This is OT in c.l.r. F'up set to microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web

robert