IP Port 80

[Net Llama!]

On Thu, 18 May 2006, Bruce Marshall wrote:
> On Thursday 18 May 2006 05:42 pm, Net Llama! wrote:
> > On Thu, 18 May 2006, Rick Sivernell wrote:
> > >    Yes, it has gotten complicated, far too much so. I have a DLink 624
> > > FIOS Router, not much different than a regular one, set Web Derver HTTP
> > > to public 443 private 80 & enabled all the time. Reset #WebServer to
> > > port 80, verified by netsta -an | grep 80. Used a net tool to verify
> > > port open, http://www.canyouseeme.org/ and get:
> > >
> > > Error: I could not see your service on 71.252.218.20 on port (443)
> > > Reason: Connection refused
> >
> > Rick, that's not what Brad was suggesting.  I'm still not at all clear on
> > what a webserver on a router has to do with any of this.
> >
>
> If he has a router in place, he would need a forwarding entry in the router to
> forward incoming  request (port 80 or other) to the machine on his LAN that
> is to handle the request.

Sure, but that has no relationship to the webserver on the router.  And if
his ISP is blocking port 80, then he's never going to get an external
request on port 80 anyway.


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