Hosting a website locally - Restrictions?

[jaffyjames]

I have a website and using Apache to create my own web server. I have it all configured with port forwarding, but cannot access it using my public IP address.

Can anyone tell me if there are restriction on hosting a website on your own machine and making it available through your IP?

[Anonymous]

Thanks for your help @KeithFrench 🙂

Michelle

[jaffyjames]

Thanks Keith for you help ! I checked it on my mobile and it is working. Thanks again

[KeithFrench]

You will not be able to access it via your WAN IP address or DDNS domain from a device connected locally to your router. Any traffic going out from the router to the internet & back in again is NAT loopback & TalkTalk has always blocked this due to a security vulnerability. To test, use a smartphone & disconnect it from your WiFi, then access the web server via the DDNS domain via mobile data. To access the webserver locally use its private IP address.