Users often ask us how to set up the Internet access to Alfa's Web Server. Almost all router manufacturers now provide cloud access service, and if you have a modern router (that supports DDNS - Dynamic Domain Name System) you can connect to your local network via the Internet. This also allows to access Alfa's Web server when you are out of home/office. So, here we provide a step-by-step guide how to set up such remote access to your library on the example of Asus router:
1. Launch Alfa Ebooks Manager and open your database.
2. Open menu Tools -> Options -> Web Server -> Port and enter a port, different from 80, for example 8080
3. Launch Alfa's Web Server
4. Check that the Web server works, by opening in your browser its address, in our case http://192.168.1.11:8080
5. Open your router's Control Panel and enable DDNS client:
6. Check that you can access router's Control Panel via the Internet. In our case - open this link in browser:
https://A52FB34555B4AEEA23678165E2C88DSD8B60A4F5DD.asuscomm.com:8443
7. Enable port forwarding for Alfa Ebooks Manager Web Server
8. Add a profile
9. Open the same link in browser:
https://A52FB34555B4AEEA23678165E2C88DSD8B60A4F5DD.asuscomm.com:8443
and you'll see Alfa's web interface
If it doesn't appear, try to turn off the Windows Firewall:
and if it works - add a new rule to the Firewall:
Posted: April 16, 2021
