On Tue, Feb 27, 2007 at 08:24:41AM -0800, Jordi wrote: > Hi Nikhil, > > > This comment, together with the fact that you're using private IP > > addresses (192.168.*.*) suggests to me that you have only one static IP > > address. Is this correct? > > Yes I have just an ip, let's say 85.xx.xx.xx > > > Your router needs to redirect incoming requests on port 80 to your Linux > > machine, and do NAT (network address address translation) on the outgoing > > stuff; probably it's already doing the latter, but not the former, and for > > that you'll need to set up the appropriate firewall rule in the router. > > May be another thing, because I have the firewall totally disabled in > the router. It says: "Disabled. All traffic is allowed to pass through > your SpeedTouch. Game & Application sharing is allowed by the > firewall." > > I have my ports forwaded right, but the router doesn't identify my > Linux machine with the public ip for some reason. I'm guessing you're looking at a configuration problem in your modem/router *or* your router recognises that the request to 85.... is coming from inside the LAN and so it serves up the config page for the router instead of forwarding to the linux server. Try it from outside your LAN -- use a friends machine or a library machine or get yourself a free shell account somewhere and use links from that. A
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