Help getting to HTTP server behind router

[josephmmorgan]

I have an Apache server running a web site I am developing for someone, and, when the machine was hanging directly off of the modem, the thing accessible from the internet. I put the machine behind my router, and I can't seem to get to it from outside my network.

I am using a DLink DI-604 router and have enabled passthrough to the machine running Apache. I can go to http://192.168.0.101 (the IP assiged to that machine by my router) and see the home page just fine from any machine "inside" the network.

I looked up the IP assigned by my ISP, and, using a machine outside my network, tried typing the IP directly. No go! I also tried taking down my firewall on the HTTP server ( though it was working fine and the firewall is configured to accept HTTP requests on port 80. )

What am I missing?

Your ISP may block port 80.

You said you enabled "passthrough", do you mean you have port 80 forwarded to the machine that is serving the pages? If not, that's what you need to do.

[VHockey86]

You have to "forward" the port to that computer with the router configuration. (If you havent done this already). I'm not exactly sure what you mean by passthroug, but normally those options are for VPN I think (again dont quote me on this - not positive). IPSEC and PPTP passthrough for example

Type in
http://192.168.0.1 (Assuming you havent changed the routers default IP). From here u can configure the router to forward port 80 to 192.168.0.101

[josephmmorgan]

Yes, forwarding is what I meant.

Hmmm... they didn't block it before...

I came across another thread here. Someone said to set the last octet of the IP of the HTTP server machine to something less than 100. It is currently 101. Could that be it?

[VHockey86]

Does the router have any kind of advanced firewall features?

Maybe to simply diagnose whether it could be your ISP or not, enable DMZ to that computer on the router (which is supposed to completely open that computer up for access with no firewall).

[josephmmorgan]

OK.. I solved it... and am way too embarrassed to admit what I did... but at least you made me recheck my router settings to make sure I was forwarding correctly.

[VHockey86]

random guess.... the enable checkbox?

Dont worry about anything, we all make stupid mistakes.
Glad you got it working