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I'm developing an app, and one of the requirements is to connect to a computer with the URL scheme:

http://ip/~username/file

The problem, however, is that I can't connect to my Mac remotely.

Let's say my public IP is xx.xxx.xxx.xxx.

I have a Time Capsule setup as my router, and I enabled port forwarding for port 24001, mapping it to my computer's LAN IP, 10.0.1.10 (DHCP reservation).

So, I saved the settings in my Time Capsule, then attempted to connect like so:

http://xx.xxx.xxx.xxx:24001/~charlescarver/file

That didn't work, so I tried just connecting the following way:

http://xx.xxx.xxx.xxx:24001

Which game me the Safari can't connect to the server. error.

I double checked the Time Capsule, then made sure my machine's firewall was turned off, and tried again: no luck.

Finally, I ran a Port Scan test in Network Utility, and it wasn't seeing port 24001 as open at all.

So then I tried forwarding the port to a different computer, 10.0.1.100, which showed it as closed also.

What am I doing wrong, exactly?

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You were elsewhere on the internet and not on the net served by the Time Capsule when you tried connecting? – Thorbjørn Ravn Andersen Jan 12 at 0:40
No, I was still on the TC's connection when attempting to connect. – Charlie Jan 12 at 0:49

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