Question:
Linksys Wireless G Router?
Sadasd A
2008-12-27 08:39:14 UTC
i just got a new linksys wireless g router. I am using my main standard desktop computer to host my website. I am wondering since it changed my ip to 192.168.1.100 and i get my website up it will only work for my computer knowing that is the standard ip. Well whatismyip.com gave me my dynamic ip and is not showing my website. If you know a solution (i'm new to wireless routers) please respond
Three answers:
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2008-12-27 08:51:41 UTC
The router is displaying your local IP it is in the form 192.XXX.XXX.XXX. The ip that you need is your public IP. Now if you are self hosting your web site you will have to forward the correct port. This will pass it's location from the local net to the rest of the world. This topic is covered in the first link.

The next thing to consider is the matter of dynamic versus static IP

The most obvious way to self-host is to obtain a static IP address from your ISP, buy a domain name and map the domain name to the static IP. This solution is really for the technical user, since it requires configuration of the Server, ports, installation of security tools and so on. The prices for static IP address range from $10 per month to $15 per month. Many ISPs offer static IPs to their customers.

In situations where your IP address changes every time you reconnect to the internet (known as Dynamic IP), Dynamic DNS solutions provide a mechanism to keep your domain name pointed to your current IP address. This frees you from having to invest in a static IP. A software IP update-agent on your home computer continually updates the DNS map with your Dynamic DNS provider.



Although your Dynamic DNS server may update his mapping potentially every minute, there can be a considerable time lag for propagation of an update across ISPs around the world. During this delay, not all users will be able to see your website. The reason for the delay is as follows. Each DNS entry consists not only of the domain name and its IP address, and a TTL entry which is the amount of seconds a DNS server may hold this particular domain information in its cache before it must refresh the information from a higher-level server. Dynamic DNS providers usually set this expiration time to one minute or so. The DNS servers that ISPs use usually don't host any domains of their own, they're basically just giant caches. The first time the reader asks for the domain name the ISP server probably won't know it so it looks it up. The Dynamic DNS provider tells the ISP's server to only keep the domain information in its cache for 60 seconds. However, there are DNS servers that ignore TTL entries and the expiration times and decide on their own to cache domain information for a longer duration, even as much as a week. Furthermore, reader computers cache domain information for a fixed duration as well. In such situations, Dynamic DNS mapping takes time to propagate, and your home-hosted website can become intermittently inaccessible.



Although a solution based on Dynamic DNS does not require investment in a fixed IP, it can give intermittent problems, and is also beyond the expertise of most home users.
2008-12-27 08:46:32 UTC
192.168.1.100 is not the web IP address of your site, it's the local network address. To find your IP address go to google and type what's my ip address, this will tell you your actual internet ip address. You need to have a static IP address most ISP's only provide dynamic IP addresses which means each time your router is powered off your IP address will change. So you need to ask your ISP for a static address so that it won't change. The you need to go to your router and enable port forwarding so that when someone goes to your internet IP address the router will forward them to the the PC that's hosting your website.
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2016-06-04 20:22:17 UTC
Any one of those will work with your iTouch and your internet. However, RangePlus will not. Your wireless card needs to support RangePlus in order to fully make use of the extra feature (Same with Speed Boost) The WRT54G is a hit or miss router. The older versions (WRT54G v6 or before) were incredibly popular since you could install custom firmware on to them very easily. v7 and v8 accept only a "light" version. If you want full customization, go for the WRT54GL, otherwise, go with the cheapest. They'll work the same.


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