> 1. Did you try accessing http://backbtn.ddns.net/ from inside your network > (the one where the laptop running the website is) or outside? I tired http://backbtn.ddns.net/ from my laptop. after setting up the no-ip.com client application and following these instructionshttps://www.noip.com/download?page=linux
> You said you wanted to access it from the Internet - that's not necessarily the same as being able to access it from inside your own network. Yes I want to be able to access from outside the local area network.If you are getting time out then something hasn't worked or isn't setup yet. > 2. Did you set up inward routing rules on whatever device connects you to the Internet (ie: connects the Internet to you) so that 176.253.2.116:80 gets forwarded to your laptop's internal network address? This ip http://176.253.2.116/ shows the sky, broadband supplier page, with a list of my home devices connected. I have only followed the instructions as per no-ip.com so far. There is a pre installed apache2 webserver . I know that when I type http://localhost:80 back.but...@aol.com -----Original Message----- From: Antony Stone <antony.st...@apache.open.source.it> To: users@httpd.apache.org Sent: Tue, 27 Apr 2021 21:10 Subject: Re: [users@httpd] LAN to WAN access On Tuesday 27 April 2021 at 22:02:40, back Button wrote: > > PS; Why do you always append ".invalid" to whatever email address you > > happen to be using at the time? > That just happens I would complain at my email client if it did that sort of thing without me wanting it to. On Tuesday 27 April 2021 at 22:01:18, back Button wrote: > if I type http://backbtn.ddns.net/ > then I get > > 400 Bad Request > Invalid Header. I get "connection timed out". So, two questions: 1. Did you try accessing http://backbtn.ddns.net/ from inside your netwrk (the one where the laptop running the website is) or outside? You said you wanted to access it from the Internet - that's not necessarily the same as being able to access it from inside your own network. 2. Did you set up inward routing rules on whatever device connects you to the Internet (ie: connects the Internet to you) so that 176.253.2.116:80 gets forwarded to your laptop's internal network address? Antony -- Never automate fully anything that does not have a manual override capability. Never design anything that cannot work under degraded conditions in emergency. Please reply to the list; please *don't* CC me. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@httpd.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@httpd.apache.org
