IP question: Hosting a Server on a Machine on a Belkin LAN

Hi -

I would like to host an FTP server on my machine, which is connected on
a Belkin (F5d7630-4A, I believe) router. Problem is that my machine
does not have a unique IP address. How do I get round this problem and
host my server?

Thanks

- Olumide

In article <(E-Mail Removed) .com>,
says...
> Hi -
>
> I would like to host an FTP server on my machine, which is connected on
> a Belkin (F5d7630-4A, I believe) router. Problem is that my machine
> does not have a unique IP address. How do I get round this problem and
> host my server?
>
Set the IP address manually on the computer and set up port forwarding
on the router to the IP address you gave the computer.


--
Conor,

Same shit, different day.

"Conor" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed) t...
| In article <(E-Mail Removed) .com>,
| says...
| > Hi -
| >
| > I would like to host an FTP server on my machine, which is connected on
| > a Belkin (F5d7630-4A, I believe) router. Problem is that my machine
| > does not have a unique IP address. How do I get round this problem and
| > host my server?
| >
| Set the IP address manually on the computer and set up port forwarding
| on the router to the IP address you gave the computer.
|
|
| --
| Conor,
|
| Same shit, different day.

Register with dyndns.org if your ISP is giving you a dynamic IP address, you can
ask your router (or most decent routers) to update dyndns.org automatically.
Then to go to the dyndns.org address you reistered to always find your machine
;-)

You will also need to set up a static IP on the inside of your network and
forward the correct FTP port to it (Port 21)

Conor wrote:

> Set the IP address manually on the computer and set up port forwarding
> on the router to the IP address you gave the computer.

You mean assign a static IP in the range supported by the router e.g.
192.168.x.x -- not just to any number e.g. 123.45.67.8. ...

Afterwards, I wonder what the URL to the host/server will be?:

- Router's IP
- Host's IP
- A combination of the router and host's fixed IP?
- Combination of router's IP and some sort of port number?

....

Conor wrote:

> Set the IP address manually on the computer and set up port forwarding
> on the router to the IP address you gave the computer.

You mean assign a static IP in the range supported by the router e.g.
192.168.x.x -- not just to any number e.g. 123.45.67.8. ...

Afterwards, I wonder what the URL to the host/server will be?:

- Router's IP
- Host's IP
- A combination of the router and host's fixed IP?
- Combination of router's IP and some sort of port number?

....

(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> Conor wrote:
>
>> Set the IP address manually on the computer and set up port
>> forwarding on the router to the IP address you gave the computer.
>
> You mean assign a static IP in the range supported by the router e.g.
> 192.168.x.x -- not just to any number e.g. 123.45.67.8. ...

Yes.

> Afterwards, I wonder what the URL to the host/server will be?:

The IP assigned to you by your Internet Provider... ie the routers
*external* IP... which is probably dynamic so will change every couple of
weeks. This is why you'll need to set up a dyndns account. If your router
can't update dyndns automatically, you'll need to download "DynDNS Updater"
and set it to auto-run on startup.

What FTP server software do you intend to use?

Filezilla is free... http://sourceforge.net/projects/filezilla/

In article <(E-Mail Removed). com>
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> Conor wrote:
>
> > Set the IP address manually on the computer and set up port forwarding
> > on the router to the IP address you gave the computer.
>
> You mean assign a static IP in the range supported by the router e.g.
> 192.168.x.x -- not just to any number e.g. 123.45.67.8. ...

Indeed.
>
> Afterwards, I wonder what the URL to the host/server will be?:
>
From outside it will appear that the router is the FTP server. From
your LAN it will still be accessible on the 192.168.xxx.xxx address.

In article <(E-Mail Removed). com>,
says...
> Conor wrote:
>
> > Set the IP address manually on the computer and set up port forwarding
> > on the router to the IP address you gave the computer.
>
> You mean assign a static IP in the range supported by the router e.g.
> 192.168.x.x -- not just to any number e.g. 123.45.67.8. ...
>
> Afterwards, I wonder what the URL to the host/server will be?:
>
> - Router's IP
> - Host's IP
> - A combination of the router and host's fixed IP?
> - Combination of router's IP and some sort of port number?
>
The IP address the ISP assigns to your connection.


--
Conor,

Same shit, different day.

Conor wrote:
> In article <(E-Mail Removed). com>,
> says...
>> Conor wrote:
>>
>>> Set the IP address manually on the computer and set up port
>>> forwarding on the router to the IP address you gave the computer.
>>
>> You mean assign a static IP in the range supported by the router
>> e.g. 192.168.x.x -- not just to any number e.g. 123.45.67.8. ...
>>
>> Afterwards, I wonder what the URL to the host/server will be?:
>>
>> - Router's IP
>> - Host's IP
>> - A combination of the router and host's fixed IP?
>> - Combination of router's IP and some sort of port number?
>>
> The IP address the ISP assigns to your connection.

That's what i said.

In article <e2alv8$1fuo$(E-Mail Removed)>, nut says...
> Conor wrote:
> > In article <(E-Mail Removed). com>,
> > says...
> >> Conor wrote:
> >>
> >>> Set the IP address manually on the computer and set up port
> >>> forwarding on the router to the IP address you gave the computer.
> >>
> >> You mean assign a static IP in the range supported by the router
> >> e.g. 192.168.x.x -- not just to any number e.g. 123.45.67.8. ...
> >>
> >> Afterwards, I wonder what the URL to the host/server will be?:
> >>
> >> - Router's IP
> >> - Host's IP
> >> - A combination of the router and host's fixed IP?
> >> - Combination of router's IP and some sort of port number?
> >>
> > The IP address the ISP assigns to your connection.
>
> That's what i said.
>
Was it? Top marks then.

:-)


--
Conor,

Same shit, different day.