...and something changed.


Previously I had my site up and running with Apache off my home PC running XP.

So then I installed a wireless router and it assigns my computer a new IP address, but my public IP address is still the same.

Like an idiot, after I installed the router I switched my ip address at my DNS supplier (zoneedit) to the new IP address my router gave me.

And like an idiot since I was on my home pc if I typed in my sites domain, my site would come up (after getting a weird download box).

But when I was at work, my site wouldn't come up, and the browser said some DNS error.

So I switched it back to my old public IP address (at zoneedit) and now when I type in my site from my home PC it won't come up.

Clearly I don't have something configured properly to work with a router.

Any suggestions?

What kind of wireless router you are using? Be sure to enable NAT(Network Address Translator) in your router so that your home PC (currently has a private network address) can be recognized by outside world.

Besides, through the firewall, route all apache traffic public_ip:80 (TCP) to your home PC private_ip:80 (TCP)

What kind of router,, You are looking for something along the lines of "port forwarding"

You will probably need to look at port forwarding and DMZ.

Also, if it works from the outside fine, just add your domain name to your hosts file manually so that it resolves to your local non-routeable IP address.