Quote:
Originally Posted by MizSuz
She just can't access it using the external IP address if she is on her wifi. I've never seen anything like that before. On my own system I can use the external IP address from any browser regardless of connection.
|
This is rather common. Many routers (to go out on a limb, I think it is most routers) do not support the "loop back" required to make internal-to-internal connections via an external address. A few routers require some kind of set up to make it work.
The reason that router support is necessary is that it is the only piece of equipment that can know that it is both the source and the destination of a packet. In addition, it needs the smarts to do any port mapping when it sends the packets back onto the local LAN.