Question about Personal Web Sharing

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Erich Kohl - 16 Mar 2005 18:28 GMT

I have two computers hooked up to a DSL line -- a Windows XP box, and
an iMac G3 running OS X 10.2. The iMac is the second machine, and it
is connected to my DSL line with an Ethernet cable.

I'm relatively new to the Mac. Last night I set up a test website on
it in my Sites folder. I can reach the site with a browser on my
WinXP machine, but so far, the people I have told to visit my site say
they cannot access it (the have Wintel machines).

Am I missing something? To I have to create accounts for those
people? Is there some setting in OS X I have to change to allow
access?

Any help would be appreciated.

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Tom Stiller - 16 Mar 2005 19:11 GMT

> I have two computers hooked up to a DSL line -- a Windows XP box, and
> an iMac G3 running OS X 10.2. The iMac is the second machine, and it
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> Any help would be appreciated.

If the two computers are connected to the DSL line by means of a NAT
router, you will have to configure the router to forward a port to the
web hosting machine. Normally, this would be port 80 but some ISPs
block inbound traffic to port 80 in an attempt to discourage users from
operating a server in violation of their terms of service. In such a
case, you can sometimes work around the block by specifying a different
port (e.g. 8080) to the server and informing your potential to direct
their browsers to that port (e.g. http://fubar.com:8080).

Some ISPs provide storage for subscriber websites on the ISP's hardware.
If your ISP does so, you might want to look into moving your site there.

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