Running server without NAT loopback

  • FuzzyToothpaste

    (@fuzzytoothpaste)


    11 years, 1 month ago

    I just got my WordPress server up and running, but I’m having an issue with the configuration. The problem is that http://example.com/wp-admin/options-general.php asks for the web address. However, I can’t put in the domain name or external IP address because then I won’t be able to access the site from within the LAN as I don’t have a router with NAT loopback. I can’t put in my internal IP address because then parts of the site don’t load for those outside the LAN. I know that WordPress needs an address in here for it to work, so what should I put if I want to access the server inside and outside the LAN? Thanks.

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  • Clayton James

    (@claytonjames)

    11 years, 1 month ago

    If you install WordPress with an actual domain name, and that domain name successfully resolves to your server and site from the WAN, then the most effective way is to just update to a router that allows NAT loopback. That solves the issue for all of the clients on your LAN.

    Second to that, you might be able to circumvent the LAN access issue by adding an entry to the (client machine/s) hosts file that forces your wordpress domain name to resolve to the static internal ip address of the server.

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