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Hi,

I want to run a apache web server in a virtual machine but i want to be able to access it from the internet, right now i can only access it from the local machines on the network.

Im currently behind a wireless router using dhcp (i dont plan on running the server 24/7 just for a few hours)

Using windows xp as host and ubuntu 10.04 as guest running apache, vbox network settings are on bridged.

Problem is when i type my external faceing IP i dont get my server, but if i type its local IP from any machine on the network it works fine.

My question is how do i get to access the web server from the external faceing IP? so its like a real web server.

You would forward the port (usually 80) to the private address that is assigned to the guest from the router.

superb! thanks, had been looking at them before but just enabled ftp.