Web Sharing

Ingenu · Jul 13th, 2004, 08:58 AM

Hi all,

I need sometimes to share some small files with friends and I think of using the Web sharing option of Panther and use my computer as a server. I think the setup is pretty easy, but I was just wondering if I'll also have to configure the integrated firewall of my router. If so, which ports need to be opened?

Chealion · Jul 13th, 2004, 10:09 AM

Ingenu - By default web servers use port 80. However it is possible to change the port if necessary by editing a configuration file for Apache.

interact · Jul 13th, 2004, 12:45 PM

With a router, what would be the server address to use?

With D-Link, the default IP starts with 192.168.X.XXX ... with Shaw Internet, my IP starts with ... 68.XXX.XXX.XXX ....

When I'm telling someone to log onto my "Sites Folder," OS X suggests I use ...
http://192.168.X.XXX/~interact/

Would I instead use:
http://68.XXX.XXX.XXX/~interact/

mikef · Jul 13th, 2004, 02:28 PM

The "external" (Shaw) IP address is the one that your friends will connect to. The internal IP address (192.168.x.x) is just that- internal.

interact · Jul 13th, 2004, 04:02 PM

I know that's the Shaw IP (ie the outside world IP,) but it's still not working.

I've enable my DLink DI-624 as a virtual http server using port 80, but it doesn't want to work.

mikef · Jul 13th, 2004, 06:10 PM

You're forwarding the connection on port 80 from the router to your Mac on port 80? I assume you have a web server running and accepting traffic from the network interface?

It's possible that Shaw is blocking outside port 80 access, in which case, just forward the connection to the server on a different port (ie. exposed on the outside as w.x.y.z:8000 but forwarded to your machine on port 80).

interact · Jul 13th, 2004, 06:21 PM

Thanks for your help.

I believe I've set this up, but I'm not sure.

In the DLink DI-624, I have this setup:

Virtual Server is used to allow Internet users access to LAN services.
Enabled: yes (set to always)
Name: Virtual Server HTTP
Private IP: 192.XXX.X.XXX (my laptop's IP from the router)
Protocol Type: TCP
Private Port: 80
Public Port: 80

In system preferences, in sharing, under firewall, I have PERSONAL WEB SHARING (80, 427) checked on.

To access "my server," user would visit my IP/~interact? IE ... the outside IP 68.XXX.XXX.XXX/~interact on Safari ... right?

I'm not sure what you mean by w.x.y.z:8000 ?

Chealion · Jul 13th, 2004, 07:18 PM

Interact - I've found that for me anyway that trying to connect IP with Shaw is very sketchy.

Instead try using the hostname that Shaw gives you, for Calgary it is in this format:

h(a)-(b)-(c)-(d).cg.shawcable.net

Where a.b.c.d is your IP address. I find although it is much longer it works a heck of a lot more then the IP itself. Not sure why.