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Sun 16/01/05 at 17:58
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I'm looking for somewhere to host part of my project. Must have php/mysql.

Can't use my uni server as its a sucure server and mobiles can't access the https:// pages.
Anyone know of any good ones?
I've got ntl webspace but I have no idea if that supports php/mysql and can't seem to find any info about it on their site.

thanks
Mon 17/01/05 at 21:25
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Off the top of my head its something like e-link NAT router

Tried the port forwarding stuff but it always times out on the phones gateway.
Mon 17/01/05 at 21:22
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Your firewall doesn't need to be off.

What router do you have?
Mon 17/01/05 at 17:56
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Still no joy connecting to my own laptop.

I did however manage to upload one page and it worked ok, tried a few others which failed even though they are pretty much the same as the first one. might have something to do with the place hosting them though.

Still looking for an easy to use free php host if anyone knows of any.
Mon 17/01/05 at 15:37
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AliBoy wrote:
> As far as I know it is.

Basically your phone is trying to connect to port 80 on your router. Your router doesn't know what to do with the connection and drops it. What you need to do is to configure your router to forward any connections on port 80 to your machine. This is called port forwarding. You will also need to drop any firewalls on your machine (or configure them in turn to let traffic on port 80 through). Other steps you could take to make the process easier is to set a static ip address on your home machine (so you don't have to reconfigure your router every time it decides to change your ip address), and sign up for a dynamic dns service (www.dyndns.org, for instance), so that, say, aliboy.dyndns.org always points to your home machine.
Sun 16/01/05 at 21:47
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As far as I know it is.
Sun 16/01/05 at 21:44
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Is the router configured for NAT?
Sun 16/01/05 at 21:43
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Even with the firewall off it dosn't work.

Would that be to do with me either being on a wireless network or using a router?
Sun 16/01/05 at 21:35
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Make sure you firewall is configured to work properly - ie port 80 open.
Sun 16/01/05 at 21:28
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Nimco wrote:
> Why not install Apache/PHP on your own machine then just point your
> phone to your computer's IP address?

Didn't think that was possible.
I have apache installed but when I try to access the file it just times out on the gateway.
Sun 16/01/05 at 21:09
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Why not install Apache/PHP on your own machine then just point your phone to your computer's IP address?

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