I have successfully viewed the IWP data when using the IP address (192
.........) that is shown in FM on my WIFI network

However, the 192....... IP address only works when operating on my WIFI
network (DLINK)

How do I find out how to configure my system to access the IWP pages from a
computer outside my WIFI network My IP pinged my IP address (not the 192
....) which is dynamic and it worked but when he entered the IP address in
his browser while I was hosting the database (with IWP on) it would not Open
the page ...what am I missing here????


Al

There's no need to mask your IP address I bet it's something like
192.168.0.2

That's because there are two sets of IP addresses that you are concerned
with. One is the "internal" set and the other would be the "external" set.

To see your external address, visit http://www.myipaddress.com

The challenge is to properly map traffic from the outside to the inside. For
this you will need to look into "port forwarding." This is an option in your
router.

Because IWP is a web server, you need to tell your router to direct incoming
traffic on port 80 to port 80 on the machine running FileMaker Pro. Once you
accomplish this, you'll be able to point a web browser to the external IP
address and see your IWP page.

Oh, and services like dyndns.org will enable you to use a more friendly and
easily remembered name for your external IP address.

This topic has come up many times before in the newsgroup; check Google
groups for more responses/ideas.


"AL Lawrance" <ajlawrance (AT) shaw (DOT) ca> wrote

Thanks Bill,

I downloaded NETWORK MAGIC and remapped the network - it worked!!! many
thanks for pointing me in the right direction.

Al Lawrance.

"Bill Marriott" <wjm (AT) wjm (DOT) org> wrote