Subj : BBS Setup question
To   : Amcleod
From : Aceboy
Date : Tue Feb 12 2002 12:20 am

  Re: BBS Setup question
  By: Amcleod to Aceboy on Tue Feb 12 2002 08:02 am

Sorry if my describing wasn't that good.  Actually I was trying to telnet to
192.168.0.2 which after reading what you said made me realize would not work.
There are two computers at home both on a cable modem (roadrunner)  The
computer down stairs is the one directly connected, and my computer upstairs is
the one running off the network and uses wingate to access the internet.  I
want to run the BBS on my computer upstairs so the main question i, is that
even possible?  I am not very firmiliar with that port forwarding, Im assuming
it would be something I would have to set up on the computer downstairs?  And
as far as the domain name goes, Im assuming that would be something I would
have to pay for to have correct?  I wouldnt mind using just and IP address to
have people log into cause I just wanted to set up something that doesnt cost
me anything to run (per year price) other than registering doors and what not.
I hope I am making sense and can be saved <G><G><G>

Thanks
Neal
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 >   Re: BBS Setup question
 >   By: Aceboy to All on Tue Feb 12 2002 07:46 am
 > 
 >  > I'm trying to set up a BBS and I don't understand this whole telnet thing
 >  > can be at the terminal or the computer downstairs which is networked and 
 >  > to my PC's IP address and it works, but when I go to a computer at say wo
 >  > try it doesnt work.  What am I doing wrong and how can I set it up that I
 >  > a name to telnet to.  Like my BBS is called The DarkSide BBS.  If anyone 
 >  > help me I'd appreciate it.
 > 
 > You have not described your setup too well, but anyway...
 > 
 > You can telnet to any machine that is reachable on the network.  If you don'
 > have a domain name, you can telnet to the IP address instead, assuming you k
 > what it is.
 > 
 > Telnetting from work to home;  you will need the IP address (or domain name,
 > you have one) of yopur PC at home.That would be the external interface.  So 
 > you have a network card but you connect to the internet via PPP, then you ne
 > to telnet to the PPP interface's IP address.
 > 
 > If you have more than one machine, chances are you are using some sort of IP
 > Masquerade (AKA NAT, ICS, etc).  If so, then only the gateway box is directl
 > reachable from outside (because there is only one IP address assigned to you
 > connection).  The other machines on the inside (maybe with IP addresses in t
 > 192.168.###.### range?) are not accessible from outside.  You may reach them
 > but to do so you have to:  i) set up the gateway to do PORT FORWARDING to an
 > internal host, so when you connect to the gateway it actually passes through
 > the connection to an internal machine.  Or ii) first telnet to the gateway,
 > then once you have logged on there, telnet from there to the internal machin
 > you want to use.  Note:  telnet isn't terribly secure so use ssh if you can.
 > use ssh to our gateway from outside, but then i telnet from there on to the
 > internal machines if need be.

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