I am a little confused on how to best go about setting up web sharing for my DT2 Database from my MacPro which is behind my Airport Extreme-N router.
I have configured my computer with a static IP on my LAN, and I use dyndns.org’s dynamic domain name service, so these pieces of the puzzle I’ve got figured out…
My confusion lies in figuring out public and private ports…(i.e. what port numbers are ideal to use, and where should these port numbers be determined, and/or plugged into?)
The following is in reference to the “Accessing your data over the Internet” section of the help documentation for DT:
Got it…via dyndns.org’s dynamic domain name service…
What port number should be used? Is there an ideal range? Should this be plugged into the 'Port" field of the “Server” panel of DT2’s prefs?
Got it…having setup a static IP in the Network Preference Pane…
You recommend using 8080, I’ll use 8080? Done…
To avoid any unnecessary confusion, can you please have a look at the screenshot below and let me know precisely what to plug-in and where to plug it in (given a hypothetical set of LAN/WAN IP’s and Port #'s)?
Previously when I had my settings configured using those shown in the screenshot above (from my previous post), I was able to access the server via my browser using either address…any ideas why I can only access it using the later address now?
I’ve tried clearing my cache, updating the dnydns.org service using their utility updater, restarted my browser, etc…
Here is a screenshot of my current Airport settings that I’ve configured based on your suggestion in your last comment:
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated… Thanks!
When connecting from outside your local network (i.e., from a computer not connected to your router) you will need to specify port 8080. So the address from outside will be my-dyndns-dynamic-domain.net:8080
This address probably won’t work from computers on your local network. For internal networking it is easiest to use Bonjour.
I am having similar issues. I have installed “lighthouse” as suggested in the DTPO help file. I have downloaded from the Devonthink profile from the lighthouse website. This defaults to a profile with both internal and external ports as 8081. I have gone along with these settings. Lighthouse does not report any errors or clashes. Everything seems fine, but I am unable to access from my iPhone which is the whole point of me trying to get this set up.