Subj : BBS Setup question
To   : Aceboy
From : Digital Man
Date : Tue Feb 12 2002 11:45 am

  Re: BBS Setup question
  By: Aceboy to Amcleod on Tue Feb 12 2002 06:53 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 I
 > 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.  
 > 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 
 > I goto an outside computer that will not connect me.  Does that make any sen

Yes, it makes perfect sense. Your globally unique IP address is 24.93.177.166.
192.168.x.x addresses are for local/test use ONLY and are never globally unique
or routable. Your router is assigning your local PCs addresses of 192.168.x.x
and then performing routing and network address translation (NAT) on the
packets so that you can communicate with the outside world. Unfortunately, it
makes it difficult for the outside world to communicate with YOU unless you
configure your router to forward inbound packets on port 23 to 192.168.1.101.

-Rob

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