vqServer Accessing my site via the Internet


Having installed and configured vqServer and written your web pages and servlets, you'll want others to be able to visit your web site via the Internet. This doesn't usually require any further action on your part but there are a few requirements:

  • Your computer must be connected to the Internet when other people try to visit your web site.
  • Potential visitors need to know your computer's name (often called it's host name or domain name) or IP address to access your web site. They type this into the address box of their browser to visit your site.
  • You can find out your computer's name and IP address from the system settings page of the vqServer control centre. By default, vqServer tries to figure out this information from your computer's operating system when it starts. If your computer is connected to the Internet when you start vqServer and the Check name and IP address at startup option on the vqServer control centre system settings page is checked the information displayed will usually be correct. Alternatively your Internet service provider or network administrator should be able to provide you with this information.
  • If you have registered a domain name and want to use this with vqServer (or any other web server) you will need to arrange for your domain name to be mapped to your IP address by a domain name registration organisation or ISP. This service is often called web forwarding or domain forwarding and is often provided free of charged by the organisation that registered your domain name, so contact them for advice!
  • Unfortunately if you use a dial-up connection to connect to the Internet your computer's name and IP address will probably be allocated dynamically by your Internet service provider, which means that they could be different each time you connect to the Internet. There are two approaches to this problem:
    1. Ask your Internet service provider to allocate you the same computer name and IP address each time you connect to the Internet. Not all Internet service providers will be willing to do this and they may charge you for this service.
    2. Use a service such as that provided by SelfHost which allows access to your web site using a computer name which is always the same even though your IP address is not always the same.


vqServer version 1.9. Copyright © 1997-2000 Steve Shering and vqSoft. Last updated 27 March 2000.
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