I posted above what my hosts file looks like, with and fitted with my LAN IP address for the server. I believe Xfinity allows hosting, because like I said it is working fine (both FTP and HTTP servers) when accessed via domain name.Īs for the hosts file, I am not sure what you are trying to get at (sorry if it is a simple thing, this is the first time I have tried to do all of this server configuration). Okay, that pretty much exhausts my usefulness. Of course, if you’re also using non-standard ports, you’ll need to configure all along the route, too.Without an external (WAN) IP address, you can’t be contacted from the WAN. As just covered, your hosts file is likely to be problematic … but I’ve never seen it with port information, just IP addresses and domains.ServerStorm has covered the firewall issues but I believe that you need to address the local ports in your hosts file USING THE IP ADDRESS ASSIGNED TO YOU BY YOUR ISP, not some LAN IP and certainly not localhost’s. Does your ISP allow you to host an FTP client? Ditto the above but also opening another pair of ports for you at their server, your firewall and your PC.Does your ISP allow you to host your website? Most do not so I’m surprised if they’re allowing you (under their Terms and Conditions) to do so as that’s competition for them.I’m not an expert in these matters but I have several ideas about where the problem exists for you (but not how to resolve it). However FTP by your host may have been set to a different non-standard port so this could be your issue.īefore an Admin whacks you for your bump, please be advised that “bumping” any post is severely frowned upon (forbidden) and will only get you in trouble and eventually banned. One of the reasons why connecting to ftp by IP can fail is that when using it assumes that port 21 is being used. If the server you set-up is on a public server then the ftp may be needed. In the second scenario you can then add files by using explorer and dropping files in your web directory. Start request in your browser –> Lookup Hosts file (either set in your firewall or in Windows/System32/etc/hosts) –> Route to your web server Start request in your browser –> Go through Firewall -> Go to public DNS –> Find (resolves your public I.P.) –> Route back to your firewall –> Route back to the web server on your machine. To understand these a bit differently, if you are hosting on your local network, say your own machine then you currently have this setup to:
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