Mapping sub-domain to home web server

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  1. orbdrums, Sep 21, 2015

    orbdrums macrumors member

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    Hello,

    I may be in the wrong forum for this question but I'll try.

    I have set up a subdomain on Network Solutions that points to my home Macbook. I'm running OSX 10.6.8 and have enabled Web Sharing. My issue is the when I go to my subdomain, Safari returns the message "the Server where this page is located isn't responding."

    Do I need to open a port on my router to allow incoming connections to my local web server?

    Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

    C
     
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  2. MacUser2525, Sep 21, 2015

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    You want to enable the Web Server not sharing and yes you will need to forward port 80 to your machines local IP. As well you would want something like Dynamic DNS to keep the public IP (the Internet facing part of what you are doing) updated for any changes if you do not have a static IP from your ISP.
     
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  3. orbdrums, Sep 21, 2015

    orbdrums thread starter macrumors member

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    Hey MacUser2525, thanks for the advice. Opened up the ports in Forwarding on my router and BAM, there's my test server on the internet. Thanks again for the information. I'm one happy camper. :)
     
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