cscgal, TheOgre,

Thanks for the replies. I'm now thinking that either I don't know how to set my router (SMC Barricade) up correctly or it's not working correctly ;o)
I tried the port forwarding, special apps, and combos of both and couldn't get it (BT) to work correctly. I then put my boc in the DMZ and still no luck. (I also noticed that when I check my IP address in in the router config I get 192.168.x.x) isn't this a non-routable address?) Anyway, I then disconnected my PC from my router and plugged directly into the modem, still no luck (which is why I thought the BT ports were being blocked). However, I unplugged my modem and tried again and it now works, so those ports are not being blocked which leads me to thinking I don;t know how to set up my router for port forwarding correctly (though it seems simple enough).

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 router, since the connection originates from within your LAN, and a properly configured router will automagically allow replying packets back through (unless the prot:port is blocked specifically, like for the Blaster worm or some such.)

If you're wanting to check your outside IP, you could use this address. (and yes, anything 192.168. is non-routable. I forget the RFC, but yes, you're correct :)

Try resetting your router back to it's factory settings (or just remove all port forwarding settings) and try it again. I've never used that router, but I know for me to use BT, I had to make 0 configuration changes on mine.

Let me know how you make out.

Thanks for following up on this it is much appreciated. After resetting the router to the factory defaults, I still had the problem. It was driving me crazy, I mean I put my box in the DMZ (hard to screw that up, right?) and it still didn't work correctly (you're correct that BT will work fine w/o port forwarding or special apps, but setting up those features (not sure at this point whether 1 or both are needed) you can improve the through put by allowing people outside to initiate a connection).

Anyway, last night I'm sitting there with a dumb look on my face trying to figure out why it's not working, then it hit me. A few months ago, I became a beta tester for ViIP. The set up has the Telephone Adaptor in front of my router so I disconnected it and went from the modem directly to my router and presto! it worked. Unbeliveable. . . .

192.168 is the IP address for your computer on YOUR network only, so you would have to get a static IP, I am not sure on how to do this, just search google.

192.168 is the IP address for your computer on YOUR network only, so you would have to get a static IP, I am not sure on how to do this, just search google.

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 your public IP.

FYI: 192.168. is a non-routable network address, not an IP address. 192.168.0.1 is an IP address :)

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 your public IP. FYI: 192.168. is a non-routable network address, not an IP address. 192.168.0.1 is an IP address :)

I think he's talking about getting a static internal IP, instead of being assigned one via DHCP. In this case, it is very preferable to be static ;-). Also 192.168. is his abbreviation for a 192.168.x.x IP, so don't pick on him :confused: .

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? :)

Could someone help me with the same problem as the original poster? I'm trying to reach my site (hosted on my home machine) from work. The firewall at work blocks all ports except 80. So I have to go out port 80 at work, but I know that OptOnline blocks 80. So I set up a WebHop with DynDns that redirects to a port on my home machine. I tried a variety of different ports figuring OptOnline blocks some of them, but nothing seems to work. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Could someone help me with the same problem as the original poster? I'm trying to reach my site (hosted on my home machine) from work. The firewall at work blocks all ports except 80. So I have to go out port 80 at work, but I know that OptOnline blocks 80. So I set up a WebHop with DynDns that redirects to a port on my home machine. I tried a variety of different ports figuring OptOnline blocks some of them, but nothing seems to work. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

a little more info would be helpful, in particular, the internal (from "modem") network layout, and your protocol config; along w/anything else that you believe would be pertinent

Sorry for the lack of info. I'm not using a router. I just have the cable modem. I also have Zone Alarm installed which I turned off to do my testing. I'm running IIS 5.1 on a Windows 2000 machine. I have the web hop configured with DynDNS so that when I type in my URL ( http://bradmcnutt.webhop.net ) with them, it redirects to http://69.115.43.20:5906/Cabinet/ on my machine. This URL works fine when going to it on my machine, but like I said, when I try it from work, it can't find the page. I hope this is enough info. Let me know if you need anything else. Thanks.

i'm a network guy so that's what i was looking for to help resolve, but since u dont have one... ...btw, do u have an "index.htm" or "home.htm" page for the site in the "Cabinet" directory?

...it redirects to http://69.115.43.20:5906/Cabinet/ on my machine...

Yes, I have an index.htm page. Thanks for the help anyways.

They do block. I have changed my ports and use a dns service to get around this.

Lets say you changed the port of your web server to 11111.

Set your linksys router to port forward 11111 to that machine. In the newer versions, you can use the UPnP to redirect 80 to 11111, but since 80 is blocked, this does nothing.

All you have to do now is create a webforward on your dns provider. Be sure that it is cloaked so the name stays the same.

Basically I am trying to do the same thing you just mentioned but it is not working. I have a linksys router "befsr41 V3". I am unsure what to use port forwarding or port triggering in my router. I use dnydns dynamic dns service to try to accomplish the whole thing, even though my IP never changes with optimum online. My router compains that my domain is incorrect. "Status: Domain Name incorrect". I put in mydomain.com as my domain name on my router. When i do a whois it finds it, so i know that part is correct. I think i have some configurration issues with dyndns. I don't know i jus need some help. patrcilarly with setting up the webhop. the only hosts i need is mydomain.com and the only CNAME i need is www.mydomain.com , correct?

Also in the router, under the DDNS tab, what should I put as the host name, should i make one special for the router and then what should i make it available as a host or a cname on dyndns's servers.

I have Optimum Online with a Linksys router running IIS 5.1 on Windows XP Pro. I set my port in IIS to be 3390. I setup port forwarding on my Linksys to forward 3390 to my statically assigned IP (192.168.7.51). I registed a domain name with Dyndns.org. When I would enter mydomainname.dyndns.org:3390 in a web browser (on an external network of course), I was getting a "Page Cannot be Displayed" error message.
It took me about an hour to figure out that I needed to add the new port number to the "Exceptions" list in the Windows Firewall which was installed and enabled by default with SP2. I feel silly.

My friend has OOL and I have configured his WEB HOSTING

check it out: [=RP=] CLAN

I use PORT 8111...been running for 2 years now...using deerfield (DNS2GO).

right now I am working on his email server....using mailenable.com

My friend has OOL and I have configured his WEB HOSTING

check it out: [=RP=] CLAN

I use PORT 8111...been running for 2 years now...using deerfield (DNS2GO).

right now I am working on his email server....using mailenable.com

Were you able to get this to work? I believe OOL started blocking SMTP port 25 both incoming and outgoing. I can no longer send from my work email address when I bring my laptop home.

I have an exchange server setup at home and am unable to telnet to port 25 from outside my network. So I think its being blocked.

still struggling but mailenable has feature say if port 25 is block you can redirect to 26 something like that...

check their site... www.mailenable.com

This is very common with any mailserver, all you need to do is setup an alternate SMTP port, if anyone is running cpanel to manage thier server, it is like 3 clicks, or for windows MailEnable is just one configuration change.

I am running windows server 2000. I am trying to publish a data base. But I have to change the default port 80 0n the Internet Informatiom Services(IIS). On the server I open the Internet Services Manager(under admin tools) Once this is open On the left I see my server. when I right click on it and hit properties. I can see the master properties then I click edit. Which brings me to the WWW Service Master Properties for my server. This is where I have my problem. Under Web Site Identification I CANNOT change the tcp port or the ip address. Yes I can see it IP address (AllUnassigned) and TCP port 80. They are greyed out. I have hit google and reviewed most of that. I have disabled the socket pooling in IIS.
Is there something in the config that I missed? Any info would be great.

Brian

As Far as I know Cablevision does indeed block port 25, and possibly port 80, but not other ports that Im aware of.

Just to run it past you -- running ANY kind of web server/chat server on your residential Optimum Online connection is a violation of the terms of service, so by doing so ,youre risking having your net shut off entirely at their discretion. You'll need to upgrade to optimum business package to *legally* run your own home server (which about doubles your monthly bill).

But anyways, having done something similar myself.

The problem here I think (at leas thow it was for me anyways) was a port forwarding issue, initially on the router where i had to have the correct ports forward to my machine (so that incoming from the WAN ip was routed t omy LAN ip on the right port), and also had to allow the ports to be opened on my comp itself (software firewalls, say Zone Alarm or windows firewall).