Subj : BBS Setup question
To   : Aceboy
From : Amcleod
Date : Tue Feb 12 2002 08:46 am

  Re: BBS Setup question
  By: Aceboy to Amcleod on Tue Feb 12 2002 08:20 am

 > 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 assumi
 > it would be something I would have to set up on the computer downstairs?  An
 > 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 t
 > have people log into cause I just wanted to set up something that doesnt cos
 > me anything to run (per year price) other than registering doors and what no
 > I hope I am making sense and can be saved <G><G><G>

Yes, you can do as you want.  You need to first set up MASQ/NAT/ICS which I
gather you have already done.  Then you need to set up port-fowratding so when
someone "outside" connects to port-23 (TELNET) the gateway forwards the packets
to the apropriate machine on the inside.  And when they connect to port-25
(SMTP -- e-mail) they get forwarded to the apropriate (maybe different) machine
on the inside.  

I don't use Windows so I can't suggest which piece of software is likely to
give the least headaches -- but someone here will point you in the right
direction.

You have to buy (more accurately _rent_) your domain name and then have it
hosted on someones DNS server.  If you don't want to do that the IP address
will work perfectly well in place of a domain name.  The only inconvenience is
that whereas the domain name will be fixed, the IP address may change
periodically.

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