jaipandya,
For your information, you cannot usually use your external IP from inside
your network. This IP brings the router configuration system. As a general
rule, depending on the location you are in, you should use a different IP
address.
Please read the following guide to know how to make your server accessible
(depending on the computer location) and how to configure your domain name:
Locally (from your computer), you can use 127.0.0.1 or localhost to access
the server. The full local URL is displayed in Abyss' main window (Local web
server URL).
To access your machine from another computer on your network (LAN), you
should use the LAN IP of the computer. Run the Windows command ipconfig in a
DOS command box to know this IP (it is usually of the form 192.168.*.* where
* are numbers ranging from 0 to 255). This LAN IP works only inside your
LAN.
To access the server from the outside, people should use your router's WAN
IP (or external IP). It is the IP assigned to it by your ISP. This WAN IP
can be known by browsing
http://www.aprelium.com/ip from your computer. If
you have a router, you must configure it to forward incoming requests to the
web port to your computer so that Abyss Web Server can respond to them.
If your WAN IP changes often, You'll need to use the services of a free DNS
provider that can track those IP changes and give you a DNS name. We suggest
looking at
http://www.dyndns.org or at
http://directory.google.com/Top/Computers/Software/Internet/Servers/Address_Management/Dynamic_DNS_Services/?tc=1 .
This way, you'll always access your server using an address like
http://www.yourserver.freednsprovider.com without paying attention to IP
changes.
You can also buy a top level domain name (for example,
my-company.com) and use the associate your external IP with it using the
registrar services or the free
http://www.zoneedit.com/ . You can find more
information about this topic in
http://www.dslwebserver.com/main/domain-name.html . You can also find many
messages and discussions on our forum
http://www.aprelium.com/forum about
DNS and domain names.
If you have problems to make your server reachable from the outside, we
recommend reading
http://www.aprelium.com/abyssws/faq.html#A1-2 .
Notice that if you are using Windows XP, you must correctly configure its
internal Firewall: open the control panel, select the Networking section and
open the properties of your network interface. Select the Advanced Tab and
press the Parameters button (it should be in the bottom of the page). This
button will open a dialog where you can allow incoming connection to some
ports. If Abyss Web Server uses port 80, check the Web Server (HTTP) line.
If it uses another port, press Add... and enter the number of the port Abyss
uses as the internal port (select TCP and fill the other parameters
following the descriptions).