Re: LinkSYS BEFSR41 router
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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Paul Mackinney
paul@mackinney.net
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