Hello friends!
I registered here just to make this post. First of all, I want you guys to know that I just want to help the guy who started this topic. If he/she has already found the solution, it was his duty to post it here so that everybody (those still googling) may know what to do. If he hasn't, then I hope he"ll find it usefull too. Secondly, there's nothing wrong in being "noob". We are all noobs in some fields, at some point in life. We don't know everything. And we are always learning - at least we should, and not deny that. Thirdly, this is a VERY VERY simple thing, which every "not noobs" should know, and since this is a VERY old thread, somebody should have helped a LONG time ago. What's happening to us guys? Why are we becoming so selfish? If you are an expert in some field, why feel annoyed at some newcomer's innocent querry? Knowledge is for sharing. And sharing knowledge never lessens yours - it makes your knowledge worthwhile.
Anyway, much lectures - I know many don't like. I'm just 31, so I know. Let's come to the point...
If you have a static IP, then you don't have to dig through all that bullshit. cmyip.com, checkip.dyndns.org, and whatever was posted earlier in this thread is good enough for you to publish for your purpose.
If you have a dynamic IP, then you need not worry either. The solution is equally simple. You don't need to do any port scans. This is not anything illegal, and you don't need to do ANY illegal activity to achieve your goal. What you do need to do, is update the dns address of your site (or whatever you are trying to host in your machine). DNS is something which converts the name (like: www.supercoolsite.com, or mygreatestftpsite.com, or, ftp://thisismyuberpc.com, or, privatepcathome.something.net....etc.etc). into a machine-understandable thing (like: 210.224.xx.xx etc). So, every time you start your server, you should already have updated that new DNS. That's it. Nothing more. It's that simple. If you already knew this, then you should have found the solution ...
How do you update your new IP? It's even simpler. There are many sites/ways, but you need only one, right? So here's what I suggest. I hope you already know about domain names, since you ARE hosting a site. If you have bought one, cheers! If you want one, you can get it for FREE at dyndns.org. There may be others, but I haven't and didn't need to ... ;
Just go there and browse, and you"ll get it. But for idiot googlers, here's the easiest solution:
I hope you are intelligent enough to use Opera and not IE or any other similar sh!t. Firefox is OK, but not as secure as opera. However, there's more possibilities for advanced users(lol) with Firefox than with opera.
In opera, just get this widget: DynDNS Updater.
First you run opera and run this widget. Then your IP will be associated with the free dyndns hostname you registered for. Now run your server software and host your site. Enjoy!
Please note that there are of course, other sites which do the same service for your non-dyndns-hostnamed site. Please use the free, friendly service called GOOGLE for that. This is how I learned stuff. Searchlores.org? I found it through google. Thank you google. ***** Micr0sft and *****ing yah00. Fu*k'em hard!
Bye Bye friends. I won't be here again to read the scepticism and dirty responces from some sc*ms. If this post helps some newcomers (not n00bs), then enjoy.
BTW, I almost forgot...I"ll be as much an *ss-h0le as G.What-a-sh!t.Bush if I don't give the PROPER credits to http://lifehacker.com. Bye Bye!...