[ale] Accessing Server without Domain Name

[Geoffrey]

John Wells wrote:
> Huh?
> 
> Why would the router not know how to route to a host on the internal
> network?  Even if the IP addr is assigned through DHCP, the router should
> maintain this addr in its tables and know how to forward traffic
> accordingly.

He said 'placing the ip in the browser inside his network.'  The only ip 
mentioned was the static ip, which would send the request to the router.

Sure, if he uses the dynamic ip provided by the router, but as I recall, 
he already said he tested it locally.  He wants to test it via the internet.

> 
> John
> 
> Geoffrey said:
> 
>>
>>Christopher R. Curzio wrote:
>>
>>>The traffic from the internet needs a way to get to the internal box.
>>>The Router/Firewall doesn't automatically know what kind of servers
>>>are running behind it, so you have to forward port 80 to the actual
>>>webserver using whatever provisions are inside the Router/Firewall.
>>>
>>>Typing the IP address in a web browser should work fine on the same
>>>network as the webserver, however.
>>
>>I think not, as the webserver has probably got a dynamic ip provided by
>>the router.  Placing the ip in the browser inside his network would
>>still make a request to the router, in which case, it still wouldn't
>>know where to forward the request.
>>
>>
>>--
>>Until later: Geoffrey		esoteric at 3times25.net
>>
>>I didn't have to buy my radio from a specific company to listen
>>to FM, why doesn't that apply to the Internet (anymore...)?
>>
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Until later: Geoffrey		esoteric at 3times25.net

I didn't have to buy my radio from a specific company to listen
to FM, why doesn't that apply to the Internet (anymore...)?


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