[SOLVED] Web Server IPs on a network.

PseudoEvolution · 06-19-2008, 09:56 PM

So we have an office of about 20 desktops and about 12 server machines. We have a dynamic IP from our ISP right now, but we are looking to get a static IP.
My question is how will a web server behave in a network environment like this?

We plan to deplay a web server, but how exactely will people be able to connect to this machine from the internet?

Correct me if I'm wrong but when we order a static IP, the last octet is different for each machine, right?

So if I have a static ip of 67.123.456.*
Say 67.123.456.01-20 are desktops
and say 67.123.456.32 is the web server.

Does it work that way? Or do we get a full static IP (all 4 octets) and the web server will be recognized automatically? If so, what happens if 2 web servers run in this environment?

I know a lot about networking and computers, but I have never deployed a web server to the outside world, only in LANs.

PseudoEvolution · 06-21-2008, 09:51 PM

Found the answer on another forum I go to.

For those who want to know: just go in to your router and forward port 80 to the local address of the web server. Make sure to allow incoming traffic on port 80 in the firewall.

Also, make sure you are allowed to host web servers, some ISPs have a rule against this in their TOS.

06-19-2008, 09:56 PM	#1 (permalink)
PseudoEvolution Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Oregon Posts: 10 OS: Vista/XP/Kubuntu/Xubuntu/Fedora 9	[SOLVED] Web Server IPs on a network. So we have an office of about 20 desktops and about 12 server machines. We have a dynamic IP from our ISP right now, but we are looking to get a static IP. My question is how will a web server behave in a network environment like this? We plan to deplay a web server, but how exactely will people be able to connect to this machine from the internet? Correct me if I'm wrong but when we order a static IP, the last octet is different for each machine, right? So if I have a static ip of 67.123.456.* Say 67.123.456.01-20 are desktops and say 67.123.456.32 is the web server. Does it work that way? Or do we get a full static IP (all 4 octets) and the web server will be recognized automatically? If so, what happens if 2 web servers run in this environment? I know a lot about networking and computers, but I have never deployed a web server to the outside world, only in LANs. Last edited by PseudoEvolution : 06-19-2008 at 09:57 PM.

06-21-2008, 09:51 PM	#2 (permalink)
PseudoEvolution Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Oregon Posts: 10 OS: Vista/XP/Kubuntu/Xubuntu/Fedora 9	Re: Web Server IPs on a network. Found the answer on another forum I go to. For those who want to know: just go in to your router and forward port 80 to the local address of the web server. Make sure to allow incoming traffic on port 80 in the firewall. Also, make sure you are allowed to host web servers, some ISPs have a rule against this in their TOS.