#1 2006-08-13 03:52:07
Dynamic DNS issues
Hi
Im hosting a server from my home, behind a router/firewall. My ISP provides only dynamic IP's for home users like myself, so I have to use Dynamic DNS. I signed up to Dyndns and set up my account with the IP I was told I have. This worked, but only took me to my router's IP, 192.168.0.1 on my network. How can I get it to forward to 192.168.0.50 (my server)? I have a netgear DG834G if that helps. I believe the answer is port forwarding, but im not sure, and I cant seem to get that to work anyway. Any help would be awesome
Thanks
Jon
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#2 2006-08-18 23:04:16
Re: Dynamic DNS issues
Yes, the answer is portforwarding. There are two issues:
Most ISP's block the two most common ports: 80 and 25. 80 is the default webserver port, while 25 is the email server. If your server blocks these ports, you will need to edit the configuration files to change the ports.
Next you need to open your router settings and find the port forwarding section. Have the port of the webserver forward to the ip: 192.168.0.50 (or whatever your server is on) and do the same for the email server if you have one set up.
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