My PC is behind a NAT router that has a public IP address. If I want to host a website then I believe I need a domain name which I can purchase from some site which would pledge to resolve all DNS requests for that domain name and send the IP address of my NAT router (assuming I do not want to host my domain name on their servers). Now I want to host a web server on my computer.
- What changes should be done to the NAT router's configuration to forward all HTTP requests for example.com to my PC in the internal network.
- Is the above strategy correct?
- Is it commonly used?
Answer
It is feasible to host a server behind NAT as you describe.
Look at this Ubuntu help page on ServersBehindNAT for basics.
Some more references,
- Hosting Apache server behind a NAT
- Setting up a server behind a NAT
this uses a NAT Buffalo AirStation series router and Linksys router examples - Windows XP Internet Connection Sharing method. if you have a Windows machine doing NAT
- [If you are using XP, you may also use IIS 6 5 (1 virtual host support) by going to Control Panel > Add and Remove Programs > Add Windows Component > Internet Information Services.
This is assuming you know how to host a web server and need ideas on NAT.
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