PWS and ASP and the Internet

[Al Smith]

Hi,
I'm putting together a Web page using (and learning) PWS and some ASP code. It will be going on a Windows NT server when completed. Everything seems to be working OK on my local machine. But I would like some "real world" testing.

Is there a way I can make it accessible through the internet while on my local machine?

Thanks,
Al.

not using pws

[thinh]

First, you need to connect to the internet... Turn on your PWS, then find out what your IP is... you can than post your current IP up so people can access to your computer(make sure the PWS port is: 80, if not then see the examples below)

If port is:80
http://your.ip.goes.here/(specific place <optional>)
if port not:80
for example your port is: 8080
http://your.ip.goes.here:8080/(specific place <optional>)

try it....

[Serge]

If you use ISPs like MSN, AOL, Compuserve etc.....then your IP will change every time you connect to the internet. of course you can find out your current IP address, but for the other people it's not going to do any good because next time you connect, your IP wil change.
If you want to have your Web server running from your machine, then you need static IP.

[thinh]

This is just for testing only... if you want a server that runs on your computer then you need to go http://www.24link.net.. they will give you a link to your computer with your current IP everytime you logon into the internet... so it shouldn't be a problem for people to find you... the address you will get is: http://www.24link.net/youraccount...
sign-up is one easy process... they only ask you for username and password... nothing else you will need to be given out...

[Al Smith]

thinh,
Thanks for the info. I'm going to check out 24link.net.

Serge,
I thought this might be the case. I also saw your response on vbgarage.

Thanks,
Al.