WordPress URL Problem

hmmm…

post the whole ipconfig /all command here please

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Luke-PC
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-26-18-9B-85-3E
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek PCI GBE Family Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-26-18-9B-83-FC
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::6d79:4a11:7338:f441%10(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.254.14(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.254.254
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 234890776
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-14-97-7B-83-00-26-18-9B-83-FC

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.254.254
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 3:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Hamachi Network Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 7A-79-05-5A-D3-59
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::6df1:44d3:c639:f9ba%15(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 5.90.211.89(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.0.0.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, July 12, 2012 7:38:10 AM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Friday, July 12, 2013 7:39:33 AM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 5.0.0.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 5.0.0.1
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 393902512
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-14-97-7B-83-00-26-18-9B-83-FC

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Ethernet adapter VirtualBox Host-Only Network:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VirtualBox Host-Only Ethernet Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 08-00-27-00-FC-39
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::451f:6d5d:c089:78ad%24(Preferred)
Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address. . : 169.254.120.173(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 554172455
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-14-97-7B-83-00-26-18-9B-83-FC

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Ethernet adapter VMware Network Adapter VMnet1:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VMware Virtual Ethernet Adapter for VMnet
1
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-50-56-C0-00-01
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::4c8b:c1d4:5974:ec81%26(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.95.1(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 604000342
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-14-97-7B-83-00-26-18-9B-83-FC

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Ethernet adapter VMware Network Adapter VMnet8:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VMware Virtual Ethernet Adapter for VMnet
8
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-50-56-C0-00-08
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::e4e9:2b3:1ec5:c324%28(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.245.1(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 637554774
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-14-97-7B-83-00-26-18-9B-83-FC

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Tunnel adapter isatap.{C2B67837-74B7-41A0-8624-910F3DA5610B}:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter isatap.{5493B0A6-4EC1-4B12-9A00-70292DB7F667}:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #2
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 11:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter 6TO4 Adapter:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft 6to4 Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2002:55a:d359::55a:d359(Preferred)
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 2002:c058:6301::c058:6301
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter isatap.{04845E34-963F-4BEA-8BFD-7FF4D4A99C07}:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #3
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter isatap.{07F689BD-3743-4996-A8CC-E58889412F9F}:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #4
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter isatap.{F5514888-3D24-42D7-AD2B-15F76B1F3F38}:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #5
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter isatap.{B5D69926-5EE3-4C5A-A0E5-C82D8C378745}:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #6
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

so DHCP is disable on the interface that you are reporting as your internal IP address.

Is that the interface that your webserver is running on?

Your webservers internal IP address should not be forwarding you to your router/modems internal IP address (default gateway)

what happens when you type in 192.168.254.254 in your browser?

do you get the same results as typing in 192.168.254.14?

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that is correct jbusci. 192.168.254.14(Int. IP) has the same outcome as 192.168.254.254(default gateway).

@bigbass1997

To fix this I thought that I could change the WordPress and Site address (URL) from “https://localhost/wordpress” to “https://bigbass1997.info.tm/wordpress”. Once I changed that it no longer let me connect from my computer since it would try to take me to https://bigbass1997.info.tm/wordpress, which would cause it to send me to my modem control panel. This is due to the fact that my domain name is the same as my IP

Changing the site urls is not enough. The urls stored in the database must be changed as well. Once that is correctly done, your site is no longer accessible from the browser on the server using localhost in the address. (host file exception noted, but usually not necessary, and assumes browser access from the server as the motive)

I just looked at //bigbass1997.info.tm/wordpress/, and it has localhost in all the URL’s

Step one is to get it working with your domain name. That means first, changing the urls in the dashboard to point to your domain, not localhost, and second, to replace all of the references to “localhost” that are stored in your database with your domain name.

Moving WordPress I recommend you read it all before making changes. Mind the warning in this sectionWhen Your Domain Name or URLs Change “search and replace on your entire database to change the URLs”

When you forward a port on your modem/router, it only works for those outside your network. That is why there is such a thing as localhost, for anyone using the computer that is hosting the service.

That is not necessarily an accurate assumption. Most routers have no issue with resolving a request to a machine back inside your own lan. Just changing the wordpress urls and not the database references (and, or using numeric ips anywhere) is just triggering an authentication request from your router. It has nothing to do with why “localhost” exists.

Fix your site urls and the database urls to reflect the domain name, and 90% of the other fud will no longer be an issue.

1. static internal ip address on the host, static ip address for your residential account – if you aren’t using a dynamic ip service. (seems you probably have both of those handled)

2. port forward at least port 80 to the static internal ip address

3. edit the host containers in httpd.conf so that your domain name will properly resolve to your sites in /www/html

4. change the site urls and edit your database so all of the urls contain your domain name, not “localhost”.

Do those correctly, and your site should be available from both the wan and your lan. Barring any router configuration issues (like one of those bizarre Frontier-provided modem/router combination boxes) or an insistence that you must keep using the browser located on the server to view your site, there should probably be no reason to edit the hosts file.