Uncheck the "Use default gateway on this connection" in your settings for the VPN. I'd give you a better "mini-howto" but I'm on FreeBSD right now and don't use it often enough to have it memorized....

Looks like the webserver is turned off, or the box is down/bluescreened/whatever - got a timeout trying to access the site, so I checked to see if it was valid (snipped out the boring stuff):

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Are you sure the problem is with the cable service and not your PC?

I've been running mail(imap & pop3)/web/ftp/icecast/gnump3d servers for awhile now (some over 3 years) and haven't had a problem yet. I've never messed with mailenable, since I'm partial to...

Smarter for whom? Smarter for ME? Smarter for CSCGAL? Smarter for Everyone?

While that statement might be true for some, don't make it a blanket statement for everyone. I know a lot of people...

I wasn't picking on him :) It was a very long day that ended about 2 hours ago. Just wanted to let him know, in case he wasn't sure...

(Now do you know why I got the nick TheOgre? :)

Actually, you don't need a static IP to run a webserver, but it does help. You can use a dynamic DNS service that will update your IP if it changes, so your domain will (almost) always resolve to...

What happens when you don't run mIRC?

I had a chance to play a lil bit with BT and didn't have any problems, which leads me to believe that your router isn't configured properly. You shouldn't have to do any special changes to your...

Nope. My FTP server has been online for over 2 years without a problem, running on port 21.

I don't know too much about BT, as I haven't had the chance to play with it yet. As far as I know,...

I didn't suggest OpenVPN because he doesn't know Linux. It may be easy to install and configure, but if you don't know the host O/S, it's worthless.

You can use any Linux distro as your firewall if you take the time to configure it properly, or you can download any number of "boot-off-the-CD" firewall distros, which don't take as much time to...

Just get a wireless access point, plug it into your hub/switch, assign it an IP on your network, configure WEP, and connect your laptop to your LAN in ad-hoc mode. I've had that setup for about a...

No problem :)

I'll put one together over the weekend and have it up on Monday. It'll actually be a few of them (what to compile in the kernel, firewall rules, nat, etc.)

I'm also working on a few others for...

You can get a LinkSys (or DLink, Netgear, etc.) VPN Server/router for both ends, which will create the VPN tunnel. Once connected, you can share files/print as if all 4 machines were on the same LAN.

Setup a VPN tunnel to connect the two locations, which will provide access to network resources on both ends. There's all kinds of commercial boxes you can get for that, or you could do it yourself...

It took me awhile to figure the DNS part out, but once that was handled, the rest was a piece of cake.

Let me know if you need help with the firewall & nat rules - I can send you a copy of mine...

I'll explain my setup, which will give you an idea of how it works.

I have qmail as my mail server and Apache serving files. All boxes sit behind a FreeBSD firewall that handles NAT, routing,...

I can't find the disk, but I modeled it after Bart's. You can find it here (http://www.nu2.nu/bootdisk/network/).

Check the power saving properties for the NIC, and make sure it's not shutting off the device to save power.

What's your pingtime without the Netgear router in place? Are you using the uPnP forwarding or actual port forwarding on the router?

It depends on the switch - some models don't require them, others do. If you don't want to spend the money on switches, since you already have 2 hubs, just connect the hubs together with a crossover...

How about some more details?

1.) What game?
2.) What Operating System?
3.) What protocol?
4.) Are you using the same CD-Key for each computer for that game?
5.) Can you paste the error,...

You'd have to configure your XP box as a router to do that, and I'm not entirely sure it has that capability. Would it be possible to use your Linux box as your firewall/router/gateway? You could...

The hosts file has it's origins in UNIX. Basically, if you don't have a local DNS server on your network and want to be able to access/ping/etc. other machines by hostname instead of using their IP,...

Somewhere I have a network boot disk that you can use to logon to a domain/workgroup with under DOS. Lemme poke around and see if I can find it...

What O/S on each machine?

What ISP are you signed on with? I use OptOnline and have the same setup you're looking to do (MX, httpd, etc.)

FreeBSD is UNIX :)

That is correct. Finger won't return the hostname.

Also, if you're attempting to get the hostname of a remote box, that could be considered an attempt to compromise the system (even if you...

I run one of my sites from home as a way to demonstrate to my clients some of the services I offer (some of them are interested in hosting their own sites, rather than paying for webhosting, among...

In reading the initial post again, I never did actually answer the question :P

OK, if you want to host your own website, you only need a machine with a webserver. Depending on your hardware,...

Lesson: IP Routing 101

Given:

- A webserver (listening on port 80) with an internal IP address of 192.168.0.5
- A mail server (using POP3 and SMTP) with an internal IP of...

Yes, they do block 80, which is why I have the firewall listening on another port. I had to create a firewall/nat rule that redirects the packets to the right IP:port on the internal net for web,...

I host my personal website and mail server on cable (OptOnline) and the only investment of time I've spent on it is the initial configuration to the servers, which was about 3 hours total, once I got...

WinXP HOME doesn't have the ability to login to a server/network, a feature they left out so you'd have to buy XP Pro or Windows 2000.

The hosts file you need to edit resides in...

You can run Apache on Win32, or search SourceForge for httpd servers. I remember using TinyHTTP for awhile on a dinosaur of a system (P-75, 32MB RAM, 2.1GB HDD, Win95) and it ran very well.

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That information came from the dedicated server version from Microsoft.

I pasted it from the README file that gets extracted after you install it.

Re-read my previous post...

The same can be said about any programming/scripting language. I was referring to when Perl code is good. Personally, I've never made it further than "Hello World" with Perl, but everyone I know...