Port forwarding with Zyxel router and XAMPP

Better late than never. I really planned to have a home-based web server so that I can explore a little bit of systems administration, just simply. I'm not really much of an administrator but it would be cool if I know a bit about this stuff. I had a little background with PHP and web development so I think I can handle it. Gladly it's not that difficult. With a little bit of installations and configuration, and we're done.

First off, install XAMPP. Download the application from their website and install. Just accept the default options and we're good to go. I got a little info with XAMPP and Lithium for further exploration here. So accessing the host where you install the XAMPP will get you the web server's default page. In my case, it's localhost and it displays the XAMPP default page. Things are looking good.

I'll give details on installation of XAMPP later in my other blog post.

And now for the port forwarding bit. Port forwarding means you forward a port to a specific server hosting whatever you want. Be it a web server or an SMTP or anything you want. This can be done in the router. I use Zyxel as this is a fee package from my ISP so I'll be dealing with it. I must say if you have a different router than I am, I cannot guarantee a reply (or any help at all). Adding a new server to forward a port to can be done in NAT section under Network. You can login and go to Advanced Wizard to view the configuration. Go to Port Forwarding tab and add the server you want to host. In my case I added 192.168.1.35 (my dev PC) and I'm hosting port 8080 for my Apache Web Server.

That's it, ask a friend to access you public IP and share info with them.

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