Re: should I must use 2 computers to make (dynamic ip and one internal static ip) broacast website?

[Adrian Swinoga <soulpoet southcom com au>]

* eric <eric2414 bellsouth net> [2003-04-25 13:02:24 -0400]:

> Rick Johnson wrote:
> 
> >On 4/24/2003 6:26 PM, eric wrote:
> >  
> >
> >>Dear rh8 or any advanced linux webmaster on dynamic ip:
> >>
> >>from the LVS Cluster configuration howto, it seem I need 2 computers or
> >>(one computer with router) in addition to my dsl modem to broacast web
> >>on (dynamic ip and one internal static ip-bellsouth)?
> >>
> >>can I use just one computer one dsl modem?
> >>
> >>highly appreciate your reply and tech help
> >>
> >>sincere Eric
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >If you're only going to host a low traffic website over a DSL connection
> >(check your AUP to make sure you can host servers) and do not need load
> >balancing of any sort, an LVS cluster is uneccesary. Simply configuring
> >apache on the server machine is all you'd need.
> >
> 
> yes, I am low traffic website broadcaster, but when I type in external 
> ip it reponse connection refused, when I type in internal 
> ip(192.168.1.96) it work(can see test webpage)
> 
> 
> where is inet addr:192.168.1.96  be stored?  can I modify it to as my
> 
> external ip which I get from portscan.com?  then ipforward it?  so
> outsider type in http://<external ip>  , they will see my website?
> 
> I use dhcpcd, be assigned 2 ip(one dynamic external, one static), on
> one computer with onboard lan connect to westell dsl modem , and
> internet served by bellsouth.net
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> 
> welcome any hint by softsolution to get arround it, rather buy another 
> pc or router.
> 
> thx in advance, eric
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> >
> >However, if you're doing it for the experience, then yes, you'd need the
> >LVS machine, and the Web Server serving web pages. See if you can locate
> >the Pirahna packages, they're immensly helpful in configuring Red Hat's
> >LVS as well as configuring availability, faiulre detection, etc.
> >
> >You may be thinking of NAT (network address translation) and
> >firewalling. IPTables would be the tool to use here. The external
> >machine would be configured as a firewall/NAT router, and the internal
> >machine as the webserver. There's plenty of stuff under Google for
> >IPTables, so I'm not going to bother rewriting it here.
> >
> >Hope this helps,
> >-Rick
> >  
> >
> 
> 
>
If you're trying to view your site using its "real world" ip and getting a connection refused, could your ISP be refusing all incoming port 80 requests, stop people such as yourself from hosting their own website??

Just a thought.