miniBB ($main_url) IP config

Im not sure if this has already been cover, because I cant find anything on this problem.

Ive installed miniBB onto my server which is the computer im currently using (connected the

net via firewall, router/NAT), so its http ip is 127.0.0.1

My server's internal ip is 192.168.x.x
and its external ip is 205.xxx.xxx.xxx

Ive tried to put all three of these as the $main_url setting (http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/forum),

but only 192.168.x.x allows me to login as an admin. (127.0.0.1 just stays at the same admin

login page unchanging except when the login is wrong, and i obiviously cant connect using

the external ip).

Now everything would be fine with using the 192.168.x.x ip, except when other people try and

connect to the forum (via internet) it keeps trying to connect to 192.168.x.x, which is my

internal ip and therefore wont work (they need to use the external ip which i cant connect

to).

Is there anyway to work this out? Or will i have to install miniBB via a remote computer?

You should have install miniBB on the computer which is available to public, that's all I could say. If you can not login as admin, most probably the problem is related to cookie settings/options.

Read for more: Admin login troubles thread.

I'm myself developing miniBB on local PC with local address (127.0.0.1) and everything works just fine. It's just a matter of proper configuration of the server.

About the cookie settings/options: When I used the 192.168.x.x address it allowed me to login as normal, but wouldnt when using other ips. Is it possible to attribute this problem to cookie settings/option since it acutally does work?

The server is open to the public, its just that because Ive specified my own internal ip in the $main_url (I dont have a domain name so I have to use an IP), anyone connecting from the outside (via 205.xxx.xxx.xxx) and clicking anything on the forum page will be directed to the appropriate page under the ip of 192.168.x.x instead of the ip they originally entered through (205.xxx.xxx.xxx), rendering them unable to continue.

The only solution I can see is to reinstall miniBB from a remote computer that is not within my local network.

I have unique ip for my forum..

so I'm making mirror (subdomain) with that unique ip to open my sites in some country that have been filtered..
but when I make it it just open first page of forum.. when user clicks on the forms or last discussions it redirects to original forum address..

Before I saw the minibb forums we could go with main address or it's unique ip.
when we entered subdomain as unique ip it automaticly opened all link with that address..
I Mean any address we put it opened that address and all links of forum worked with that..

but now it's not like this.. just if we put the new mirror address it just for first page and other links are same as before..

hope you understand what I mean..
Thanks

Sorry. I don't understand :)

You may build $main_url setting dynamically in setup_options.php. Knowing the IP of the server you may put something like


You may get the IP analyzing one of the $_SERVER variables of PHP.

That's all I have to recommend so far...

Thanks.. ;)

that works.. but...


if I made it like this that works.. but the smile code will not..

it shows like this:


If I do it like this:


it will be same like before and just opens first page with mirror..

$main_url is a mandatory setting and it can't be empty.

You should have smileys available on both servers you run forums on (the same as other graphics or external files you may have).

it won't work correctly in my side.. I don't know..

and also if I put https://mysite.com]https://mysite.com

it just for first page..

for other pages it will be the same.. http://mysite.com

Sorry... I have no ideas, too, it's a very specific question.