External access wont work

  • Natherul

    (@natherul)


    12 years ago

    Hey all!

    I got WP installed and working on my local network but its not accepting any connections from external adresses, and I′m pretty sure its the options WP_HOME and WP_SITEURL thats causing this problem. Its not an error in hosts file since I have other sites working on my server (internally and externally)…

    my ISP block port 80 so I use another port, but what shall I set those 2 values to to make the site work both internally and externally?

    EDIT: might add that this is my first dabble with WP at all! used to do my own stuff and occasional phpbb and smf forums.

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  • Thread Starter Natherul

    (@natherul)

    to add more info:

    I have the issue that my ISP blocks port 80 and changes my IP a little now and then, so what I have done to get around this on my other sites is to listen on port 8081 and use a dynamic ip from no-ip and linked that to the domain.

    so to help me in this case the no-ip is tueweb.no-ip.org and the domain is tue.nu

    so with this information do anyone know what I should set those values to to get it working both externally and internally?

    (running server on windows with WAMP)

    nbspjr

    (@nbspjr)

    You may set your WP_HOME and WP_SITEURL values to https://tueweb.no-ip.org:8081 and then add this line to the bottom of your hosts file:

    127.0.0.1 tueweb.no-ip.org

    After doing it you will be able to access tueweb.no-ip.org:8081 locally.

    PS: the hosts file under windows is located under %WINDRIVE%/system32/drivers/etc/ directory.

    Thread Starter Natherul

    (@natherul)

    thanks for reply, however when I did that I can access the site sort of, the borders and stuff (that loads images I believe) is gone and even more concerning when I try to edit a page I get timeout….

    Did not try an external connection… since it broke the internal connection

    also tried without the :8081 on the defines but then I cant access the site at all

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