How to set up port forwarding to an internal web server

[NewsreadeR]

All works.

ftp://username:password@yourWANIPAddress

to log on and browse.

[idale121]

hi i did everything the tutorial told me to but i am using it for a private runescape server and it wont let me on it says my ip is offline please help me if you can thanks...

[anthonyrsc]

Hi guys,
I am having a bit of trouble.
I have all of the port forwards in place as they are done on the first post.
I.e forwarding web traffic, to my pc (static 192.168.0.2)

When I go to http://192.168.0.2 , I am shown my test web page.

I use dyndns, and it resolved to to my allocated IP, however, I am prompted with my
sky user name and password log-in box??

Remote management is disabled, in-fact; greyed out.

Any thoughts appreciated.

[anthonyrsc]

Not even a hint anyone?

[Isitme]

Did you pay particular attention to the "Testing that it works..." part. This tells you you will not be able to access it through your own PC, you have to use one outside your network.

[mullinsj08]

Will this also work for Outlook Web Access if its hosted on a server inside my home network with a sky router?

[HELENA]

Originally Posted by mossywell

Version 1.0

There have been many users stating incorrectly that port forwarding doesn't work on the Sky router, so I decided to write a click-by-click guide on how to set up port forwarding to allow a web server that is running on the internal network to be accessible from the Internet. This guide does not explain how to set up the web server - it assumes that you already know how to do this. The whole lot takes about 30 seconds (well, testing adds a few minutes more). I'd like to thank isu for trying out these instructions to prove that, yes, it really does work after all.


Beware: when publishing an internal web server to the Internet, the bandwidth that users will experience will be limited to the upload, not download, speed. Also, you might want to ensure that you don't fall foul of the fair usage policy by running a high-usage web site!


A few assumptions to start with.

1. The only Internet connection you have is via the Sky router. If you have, for example, multiple Internet connections, or some clever internal routing between routers, then your port forwarding may not (probably won't) work.
2. The router is fresh out of the box or has been reset back to factory defaults. In addition, it is running the Sky firmware.
3. The internal IP address of the web server is 192.168.0.2 and your router is 192.168.0.1.
4. The web server is not using host headers (that is, it can be accessed via its IP address). If this assumption is meaningless to you, worry not: we'll test this in the first stage anyway!
5. The web server is using the default HTTP port: TCP port 80.
6. There are no local firewalls (including Windows firewall) running on the web server. If there is: stop it! It can be switched back on later, but for now, let's just get it working without the server's firewall.

Note: The instructions work with or without uPNP. Also, it is for web servers only. (OK, it can be adapted for any TCP or UDP port, but I'm strictly sticking to a web server in this guide lest it becomes over-complicated.)

Here goes...

1. Check that the web server is accessible internally by pointing a browser at it's internal (NOT external) address: http://192.168.0.2. If that doesn't work, fix the web server before continuing.
2. Log into the web interface of the firewall (the "admin", "sky" one).
3. On the main page, under the "ADSL Port" section, make a note of the "IP Address". You'll need this later for testing.
4. Click "Firewall Rules" on the left.
5. Under "Inbound Services" click the "Add" button.
6. Change the Service to "HTTP(TCP:80)".
7. Leave the action as "ALLOW always".
8. In "Send to LAN Server" enter the IP address of the web server: 192.168.0.2, using the tab key (not the full stop) to move between each part of the IP address.
9. Leave all the other fields as they are.
10. Click the "Apply" button.
11. On the next screen, click the "Apply" button (the one next to the "Cancel" button).

Testing that it works...

1. On a PC that is on the Internet (i.e. NOT one on the same network as the web server) such as at an Internet cafe, fire up a web browser and point it to the public IP address of your Internet connection. This is the IP address that you made a note of in stage 3 above. For example, if the address you made a note of is 199.1.2.3, from the Internet cafe, you'd enter http://199.1.2.3 into the web browser.
2. If you've followed the instruction to the letter, the web page should appear and you have port forwarding working.

All that remains is:

1. Switch the firewall on the server back on (assuming there was one in the first place and you still want to run it). Test again. If it breaks, fix the web server's firewall.
2. Get the router's WAN IP address into a dynamic DNS service such as Dynamic Network Services, Inc. -- DynDNS -- Welcome. The "how to" do this is outside the scope of this guide.

can some one please help me, we are trying to set up our security cameras so that i can check them on the internet when we are not at home. i have read i need port forwarding so have read the post,
on the post it says you have said a browser at it's internal (NOT external) address: http://192.168.0.2. If that doesn't work, fix the web server before continuing.
when i try checking 192.168.0.2 it comes up internet explorer cannot display the webpage. how do i fix this problem before i can processed to the next stage

thanks

[Isitme]

I don't know too much about setting up IP cameras, but have you set the address of the camera server to 192.168.0.2? This would normally be the address allocated to the first device connected to your network, unless you set it differently.

[HELENA]

i have set the dvr up to the ip address in the instruction manual, but it is the port forwarding that i am having trouble with according to my computer when i type in 192.168.0.2 it comes up internet explorer can not open this page

[Isitme]

If you want to enter the router settings, the address is 192.168.0.1, username admin password sky.

What dvr are you using?