Problem hosting server behing personal router

Problem hosting server behing personal router I recently bought a domain name lucidcontraptions.com and want to host the website from home. I have a D-LINK router in which I have set up my personal virtual server correctly. My application server is apache2.2
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"Greetings ...

I advise third party hosting if possible .. it is ridiculously inexpensive. DreamHost is doing a deal today (17-June-2009); less than US$10 for a year of hosting on a shared server with unlimited space and bandwidth. It is probably cheaper than the difference between residential and business ISP broadband.

You know about the ISP port blocking problem .. there is not likely a way around it, certainly not a way that doesn't break your contract. If that is indeed the problem I wouldn't mess with it.

You could possible have issues with the router config. Set the web server to another port and see if you can get it all to work on that port. You could also try it at another location (friend or relative?) with a different ISP -- easily done with DynDNS -- and see if that works."