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RobM
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I have found that the the web server stuff is not readily apparent. I have not been able to figure out what I need to do to make this work. Could someone give me more insight on how to set this up?
Thank you
Rob
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dhoward
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Rob,
Are you talking about creating PSP pages or just setting up the internal web server? If its just the internal web server, open the PowerHome Explorer and go to Setup -> Web. There you will find six settings for the internal web server. The first one should be checked to enable the web server. You can either check or uncheck the Guest login. The web server directory is default set to "C:\program files\PowerHome\web". If you installed PowerHome into a directory different from the default, you will need to change the web server directory to reflect this. The next setting is the port. It is default set to 8000. If PowerHome is the only web server running, you can change this to 80. This is the default HTTP port. Any value other than 80 and you will need to embed the port in any URL requests such as "http://192.168.0.1:8000/index.htm". The next two fields allow you to specify a username and password for the webserver.
After you make any changes to the Setup within the Explorer, you must exit PowerHome and restart in order for the changes to take effect.
Hope this helps,
Dave.
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RobM
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Thanks. I got it working. I did not know the URL to access the computer.
I am behind a Lynxsys firewall. How do I access this from the Web?
Rob
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dhoward
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Rob,
Good to hear. You need to configure your Linksys router to forward requests to the webserver port you are using for PowerHome. If your Linksys is anything like mine, you'll go into the built in webserver for the Linksys configuration and there should be a tab called forwarding. Set port 80 (or 8000...whatever port the PowerHome webserver is running on) to forward to the IP that PowerHome is running on. After that, just make requests to the external IP of the Linksys (actually the IP of your cable or DSL modem). The Linksys will then redirect any traffic for that port to the PowerHome machines IP.
Dave.
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RobM
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Will that open my machine to intuders?
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TonyNo
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If you use a different port than 80, this will be greatly reduced. I was running my system on 80 for a while, and, my firewall logs showed an almost constant stream of attacks. PH uses different server code, so, it will be immune to the typical attack types.
Tony
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dhoward
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Rob,
Tony is correct...by changing the port from the default of 80 to something else, you'll minimize the amount of incoming traffic. Also, the PowerHome web server is immune to the type of attacks which plague the common web servers such as Microsoft IIS and Apache.
In any event, your Linksys is still acting as a firewall and will only pass traffic on the specified port to the one internal machine. If PowerHome is the only listening socket, there isn't a whole lot that anyone can do.
Dave.
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Deano
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PPPoE and DSL dynamic IP address
I am running behind a linksys firewall, forwarding port 80 and as long as I'm home and can look up my current IP on linksys I can get to PH web with no problem.
I used to do this a couple of years ago when I had a cable modem and it worked fine because even though I had dynamic IP it almost never changed - constant for months or years.
Not so with DSL. Looked into WinIP which is free but service is $10/yr - pretty cheap but more elegant solution would be to have PH monitor IP addr and send email when it changed.
Problem is I have no clue how to do that 
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yodafrisk
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What you are looking for is an account with no-ip.com or similar equivalent.
Asking PH to do that goes beyond the bounds of its purpose (I feel).
I have worked for both AOL and TWC separately as ISPs and the general consensus there was that power cycling the modem/gateway is what will induct a new IP.
PPPoE or not, you need a dynamic updater client like that which comes with a no-ip.com acct.
*Hope im not coming on too strong being a newbie and all. 
Edited by yodafrisk - September 09 2006 at 22:36
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TonyNo
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My system monitors the IP and sends an email/text message when it changes. I also use ods.org's Dynamic DNS service.
Another thing that PH does for me is monitor my internet connection, and if it goes down, it cycles power to my DSL modem.
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Manny
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I've not known my ip address for who knows how long.
I use and recommend:DynDNS
Following is their blurb:
The free Dynamic DNS service allows you to alias a dynamic IP address to a static hostname in any of the many domains they offer, allowing your computer to be more easily accessed from various locations on the Internet.
The Dynamic DNS service is ideal for a home website, file server, or just to keep a pointer back to your home PC so you can access those important documents while you're at work. Using one of the available update clients you can keep your hostname always pointing to your IP address, no matter how often your ISP changes it. No more fumbling to find that piece of paper where you wrote down your IP address, or e-mailing all your friends every time it changes. Just tell them to visit yourname.dyndns.org instead!
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