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Hi,i have only one problem, i cant get other plp view my site, let me tell u what i did so far.1. i installed Apache, SQL and PHP.2. i run them sucessfully.3. i host a site, which works perfectly.4. i can access it using localhost.now the problem,how do i set my Netcomm DSL modem router to let plp view my site publicly and with out letting all my security run away.Is there any clever person who can help me with this? Is there a simpler way? Thank You Very Much ! Scan

Try this website https://portforward.com/. There is explanation on how to do that what you are looking for on many known ruters. I had similar problem when i wanted to publicly display my localhost. The problem was that when i entered my IP address in webbrowser, instead of browser showing MyLocalHost site it showed MyRouterHost site (it's the site where you go when typing 192.168.1.1 (or similar IP) adress).

All you have to do is set port forwarding on your router redirect to your Apache port (make it other than 80 eg.. 8886). Now i would write how to make that for my router, but i don't think that would help you. So try that site.

Also, i had massive problems, with firewalls (both on computer and on my router), i also needed to create Static IP adress for my LAN card, and several other things. That is beacouse i have a cheap router. I wish you luck and a good router

EDIT: Corected the name of the website

You will have to go into your router and open port 80 and have it direct it to the ip address of your computer on the network. Then go to a website like dyndns.com (i think thats it) and get a free account so that you can get a free subdomain name that will direct users to your site. The reason you have to do this is that most ISP have dynamic dns servers which means your ip address changes. Sites like dyndns.com will automatically make sure your ip address is updated when it changes. Thus users of the website will never have to findout your new ip address every time they want to view your site.