# How can someone see my webserver if I have a wireless router

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**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [December 1, 2006, 4:46am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-can-someone-see-my-webserver-if-i-have-a-wireless-router/102597 "2006-12-01T04:46:39Z")\
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Here is my question. I have a laptop and I run a ruby/rails based web  
brick server which serves up html pages. I have emailed people a way to  
access this webserver through a URL that looks sort of like:

[http://201.120.126.203:1000/](http://201.120.126.203:1000/)

I could be at a public library on a wireless connection, and as long as  
my web server is running, people can get to my website. I figured out  
the url through ipconfig. However, now I have a wireless router in my  
condo, so my laptop is wireless through the router. The url I used  
before doesn’t work, and of course ipconfig shows a generic intranet or  
whatever ip address for my local area network. Is there anyway I can  
still have someone get to my website on my laptop ?

I suppose I could unplug the router and plug the laptop in if I want to  
show someone something particular, but the cable modem seems to take a  
while to reset and doing it like that of course is kind of a pain  
anyway.

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**Post date:** [December 1, 2006, 5:00am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-can-someone-see-my-webserver-if-i-have-a-wireless-router/102597/2 "2006-12-01T05:00:42Z")

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Hi  
May be this can Help.  
Look at option 3 on this page,[Connecting through the Internet to a Computer, Network, Server](http://www.ezlan.net/myip.html)  
Jack (MVP-Networking).

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**Post date:** [December 1, 2006, 10:01am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-can-someone-see-my-webserver-if-i-have-a-wireless-router/102597/3 "2006-12-01T10:01:02Z")

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On 01.12.2006 04:52, Jack (MVP-Networking). wrote:

> Hi  
> May be this can Help.  
> Look at option 3 on this page,[Connecting through the Internet to a Computer, Network, Server](http://www.ezlan.net/myip.html)  
> Jack (MVP-Networking).

Additionally he needs to set configure his router to either place his  
laptop in the DMZ or set up the laptop as virtual server.

> > the url through ipconfig. However, now I have a wireless router in my  
> > condo, so my laptop is wireless through the router. The url I used  
> > before doesn’t work, and of course ipconfig shows a generic intranet or  
> > whatever ip address for my local area network. Is there anyway I can  
> > still have someone get to my website on my laptop ?
> > 
> > I suppose I could unplug the router and plug the laptop in if I want to  
> > show someone something particular, but the cable modem seems to take a  
> > while to reset and doing it like that of course is kind of a pain  
> > anyway.

This is OT in c.l.r. F’up set to microsoft.public.windowsxp.network\_web

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robert

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