I was asking about how to see a sever on my own LAN from "outside", as 
my router would not let me route traffic out and in again. This is 
standard router behaviour, for reasons that make sense but are 
annoying.

Thanks to all who replied and helped me take one more step along the 
learning-path. Several people suggested using proxy servers to achieve 
my aim.
This works well. Here is one such web based anonymous server which 
allows you to simple enter the IP address or URL of the server (in my 
case, my own URL ) and view the server on one's own LAN.

        http://proxify.com/


I'm not overly impressed with the 'feeling' I get from this site, buty 
I can't complain about the price.

During peak periods (and maybe always?) it pops up "busy" messages, 
and asks you to subscribe. The overloading appears however to be 
extremely transient and a retry usually provides OK access.

One area in which that such remote access is invaluable for website 
testing is the testing of absolute URL's in a page. When these are 
accessed internally they fail to resolve due to the router helpfully 
getting in on the act. The external free proxy server overcomes this.


        Russell McMahon 

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