Subj : BBS Setup question
To   : Amcleod
From : Aceboy
Date : Tue Feb 12 2002 10:53 am

  Re: BBS Setup question
  By: Amcleod to Aceboy on Tue Feb 12 2002 04:46 pm

Ok I have a Linksys cable modem router, but I'm honestly confused.  Rob said
thebbs.org does host domains for free, but I have no fricking clue what my IP
addy is.  When I connected to Robs board here it said I was calling from
24.93.177.166 so I tried to telnet to that and it said it couldnt open it.  Now
my Linksys 10/100 network card says its IP address from winipcfg is
192.168.1.101 and when I telnet to that I connect to the BBS, t Im positive if
I goto an outside computer that will not connect me.  Does that make any sense?

Neal



 >   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 th
 >  > even possible?  I am not very firmiliar with that port forwarding, Im ass
 >  > it would be something I would have to set up on the computer downstairs? 
 >  > as far as the domain name goes, Im assuming that would be something I wou
 >  > have to pay for to have correct?  I wouldnt mind using just and IP addres
 >  > have people log into cause I just wanted to set up something that doesnt 
 >  > me anything to run (per year price) other than registering doors and what
 >  > 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 wh
 > someone "outside" connects to port-23 (TELNET) the gateway forwards the pack
 > 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) mach
 > 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 
 > that whereas the domain name will be fixed, the IP address may change
 > periodically.

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