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Everlong
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3 years ago

Help running a web server on TELUS network IP issues, cant figure this out

Im running an Apache web server. Have my domain forwarded to my public IP. The server works as i can ping it and see it on my lan. I have forwarded and enabled communications on port 80 in the modem/...
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Nighthawk
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3 years ago

I've got a basic web server running on my home connection. I'm on fibre and using a T3200M gateway.

 

  1. Which gateway/router do you have? I'm assuming you're on fibre since the IP block for 198.53.249.x comes back as Telus Fibre.
  2. If you go to https://www.whatismyip.com/ , does the IPv4 address showing there match your public IP in the router?
  3. How are you forwarding your domain? Did you manually set it to your public IP as listed in the gateway/router or are you using a dynamic DNS service?
  4. When updating a standard domain, DNS can take 24 hours to update. How long has it been since you updated it?

One key thing to also be aware of is that you will not be able to access your own website from the same LAN/connection that the server is on. You'll need a computer / tablet / phone that's either on cellular or a VPN to be able to test if your server is working if you enter your public IP directly or the domain name if it's forwarded to that IP correctly.

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