setting the IP manually -- not getting internet

D

djbeta

Registered
Hi,

I have a machine I'm running Apache and PhpBB (on 10.3.9) ... I'd like to make it so that machine always pulls the same IP from my router so that I can assign a DMZ to it and it will always be available from when I'm not at home.

I called my router company.. they said to set the IPv4 to Manual on the TCP/IP tab

I changed the IP to 192.168.1.100
the subnet stayed the same 255.255.255.0
and the router is 192.168.1.1

Now... My PhpBB and Apache server are accessible..
and I can VNC to that machine by connecting to 192.168.1.100
I can also connect by connecting via File Sharing from another mac

But... when on that mac, I cannot pull up a page in a web browser..
another thing that is not working is the SMTP functions of my PhpBB.. it can't find the SMTP host..

Can anyone recommend what I should try or do ?

many thanks in advance!
 
You'll need to add the DNS server addresses manually on the mac. You should be able to get that info from your ISPs website :)
 
You will need to configure your DNS settings now that you are not having that info fed via DHCP. I would bet that you could view yahoo.com if you entered the IP address of 216.109.112.135 in your browser address field vs. www.yahoo.com
I could be wrong but that is what it sounds like.
-Dave.
 
this was the problem....

Ah... so DNS servers are maintained by ISPs and point web names to IP addresses ?

does that mean that each ISP has to do this ?

and does that mean that , for example, they might choose to /not/ include pointers to certain sites.. in certain countries... for example ?
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top