Hi Guys, I am wondering how I can map my development website - hosted via 127.0.0.1:81 - to an external IP address so it can be accessed from outside my PC ? I have a static IP address - [example] 11.111.111.11 - and want to be able to show the website to clients via allowing them to view the site ? Would anyone be able to explain this for Win7 ?

i won't be able to help with your question, except to point out that 127.0.0.1 is localhost loopback. if you want to talk to someone besides yourself, you're going to need to change that for starts. or maybe i misunderstand, and that's exactly what you're trying to implement?

If you have it running you should have the webserver bound to the NIC with the LAN IP Why are you using port 81??? what web server package are you using???

Hi Guys, Thanks for the response. Is it possible to port forward doing this ? i.e. access the router and port forward for TCP 81 to TCP 8340 or something like this ? or i.e. any port for that matter i.e. TCP 81 to TCP 3423 ? Would this mean then that I accessing from: 11.111.111.11:3423 - is the same as 127.0.0.1:81 or no ? if not, any ideas how to set this up ?

127.0.0.1 is the local loopback by default only your PC sees that IP address And yes in most routers you can forward ports like you asked about. None of this is really a windows 7 issue or question, where you need to be asking questions is the forum for the webserver you are running. All routers are different without knowing YOUR router no way anyone can help set that up, once more the place for that is your routers forum.

here SparkCode, try this: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/whoami/whoami you will see your router+modem's IP address (not your computer's). that's what the outside world (www) sees and talks to. it is not possible for your computer's local subnet (non-public) IP address to be used externally on the www. that's why you would need to do "port forwarding". what bubba is saying is, you can probably configure your router to accept incoming messages at a specified port, and pass them directly to your computer's IP address + MAC. you would then tell your customers your router+modem's IP address:port. you should also be made aware, your router+modem's IP address is not necessarily permanent. it might change from lease to lease, just depending on how your ISP issues it. you may need to pay your ISP or some service to get a permanent www name registration, like www.SparkCode.com.