how to access my website using ip address

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aravind_33kv

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hi, i am new to hosting a website,

in my laptop i run webrick server which run on port 3000, and at my home we use o2 wireless router, router wan address is 78.109.30.12 and router local address is 192.168.1.254, my local address is 192.168.1.66, my friend local address is 192.168.1.67 , when he type this http://192.168.1.66:3000 he can see my website locally, but when i asked my friend who is in india to access my website using http://78.109.30.12:3000 he can not access my website, what is the problem, i changed settings in my router to forward port address to my lap. but still its not working, do i really need to register in dns to access my website , i do not use name , i jst use ip address and port number, why my friend can not access my website, who is blocking in middle. what i have to do make him to see my website, please help me, i was trying for 3 days but can not make it happen. help me please,,, thanks a lot for your time. thanks once again.
 
I think that there can be 3 things, either port 3000 is blocked by your ISP or it's blocked on your laptop for incoming connections. The matter is that when you working with your local Network, your local firewall (on your laptop) allows connections from the sub network you connected, but when you try to connect it through WorlWideWeb your firewall is blocking it. So I advise you to check your local PC firewall settings and contact your local ISP regarding this question.

And the 3rd thing is that it can be disabled in your webrick server settings for outcoming connections.

I think that you need to buy stable web hosting for your website.

http://fastnext.com/clustered_hosting.html for exapmle:) But I advise you to look at another hosts also:)
 
Just try to turn off the firewall for a few hours or even more. And then check one more time.
 
it's up to you. You can disable the firewall for meanwhile in order to see if the problem is with it. :smash:
 
i believe default is port 80, if your friend tries to just put the ip without the port, it could work, no guarantee though
 
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