Title: Running server without NAT loopback
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Running server without NAT loopback

 *  [FuzzyToothpaste](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fuzzytoothpaste/)
 * (@fuzzytoothpaste)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/running-server-without-nat-loopback/)
 * 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](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](https://wordpress.org/support/users/claytonjames/)
 * (@claytonjames)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/running-server-without-nat-loopback/#post-5902420)
 * 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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 * Last reply from: [Clayton James](https://wordpress.org/support/users/claytonjames/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/running-server-without-nat-loopback/#post-5902420)
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