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t0p
May 7th, 2009, 03:07 AM
I'm not talking about the mobile web server that the Nokia Research Center developed (http://research.nokia.com/research/projects/mobile-web-server/index.html) a couple of years ago. What I want to do is this:

At home I have to use mobile broadband to connect my computer to the internet. Specifically, I use a 3G mobile phone to make the connection. Now, I've got apache2 running on my computer, and I want to use DynDNS so this web server is actually accessible from the web. Traffic wasn't getting through on port 80, so I tried using an alternate port. But no dice - Providing access to a mobile phone from the Internet is not straightforward, as operators typically employ firewalls that prevent access from the Internet to phones inside that firewall (http://research.nokia.com/research/projects/mobile-web-server/index.html).

So I'm throwing this out to the combined minds of the internet... can I do this? How?

t0p
May 7th, 2009, 04:42 AM
Okay, it seems this should be possible... If this (http://wiki.opensource.nokia.com/projects/Mobile_Web_Server) and this (http://mymobilesite.net/) can be done, surely my little project can't be too hard...

But I haven't figured it out yet...

Sublime Porte
May 7th, 2009, 05:51 AM
use another port number.

t0p
May 7th, 2009, 09:09 AM
use another port number.

Right...

A little tip for you: try to read what folk have actually posted before you reply.


Traffic wasn't getting through on port 80, so I tried using an alternate port.