Letting remote desktops access localhost's web service

Question

I can access my computer's (localhost) web service using eclipse mars and jax-ws. However, I'm just curious, how can I make it so that other remote computers that is not connected by LAN?

Any advice, direction, or what I should research is welcomed.

Answer 1

• Your computer is invisible to internet. It will connect to internet via a router (ADLS modern for en example).
• Your router is visible on Internet and with a public IP Address, you can try some website to see what its address is (for example http://whatismyipaddress.com/)
• You need to config your router to make it forward the request from internet to you computer LAN address and your web-service port, the way to config port forwarding is depend on your router.