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Re: LinkSYS BEFSR41 router



Hi Paul, I am having some problem here. I set the ports for http and ssh as indicated in the Advanced > Forwarding section, but I astill can not reach the computer from the outside world. I didn't give my machines afixed ip in setup, since it would go against the dhcp settings ( I think). Could this be the reason for the invisibility problem? (????)
From my other machine I can see now the page, but not from the WAN.
More detailed, I got the router's IP, and set the http request to port 80 to the Linux machine where I have the apache server running. When I point the browser to the routers ip from the outside it just hangs there. I assume it most be some issu with permissions in the Apache settings, or may be some module missing, but I don't exactly what the problem is.
Any ideas?
Thanks.

Paul Mackinney wrote:

Antonio Rodriguez declaimed:
I am trying to install drawboard (http://drawboard.souceforge.net) in my
home network as trial before making it accessible to the outer world. But
when I run
"java -cp ....." as indicated the response from the system is "unknown
option"
I have installed sun java jdk.1 version from testing, so I suspect that the
sun version requires another option equivalent to "-cp"
Any ideas?
A second question is related to making my home network accessible from the
outer world. I have both machines (win98 and testing) behind a linksys
etherfast cable/dsl  BEFSR41 model router, and would like to know how to
implement that. Any ideas, pointers to docs, etc will be greatly
appreciated.
I have the same (or very similar router). There are two options:

0. You should know how to get to the router administration window in
  your web browser. If not, email me directly and I'd be glad to help
	 out. The key here is that you have to find out your external TCP/IP
	 address, which can be obtained from the Status window.

	 So having obtained your address from the 'IP Address' field of the
	 'WAN' section, you email to yourself at work, write it on your hand,
	 etc. This number is likely to change whenever you turn off your
	 router for more than 12 hours...

	 **NOTE** If anyone out there knows how I can find this out without
	 having to personally run the web browser manually, PLEASE tell me!

1. You can give your home machines fixed addresses in the Setup window, and then go to Advanced > Forwarding and set your machine to receive
	 the ports you'd like to use. I use 22 (ssh/scp) and 80 (http). Note
	 that only one machine can receive a given port.

2. You can go to the DMZ Host window and give one machine unrestricted
  access to the Internet, just as if there were no router. This way
	 you'll be subjected to all the port scans and other attacks that make
	 the Internet the fun place that it is. :-)

HTH, Paul




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