Subj : BBS Setup question
To   : Digital Man
From : Aceboy
Date : Tue Feb 12 2002 11:51 am

  Re: BBS Setup question
  By: Digital Man to Aceboy on Tue Feb 12 2002 07:45 pm

Any idea how to configure the router like that.  I have no software installed
for it(the router) and Windows came back with no help on port forwarding.
When I port forward do I want it to goto the 24.93.177.166 or the
192.168.1.101?
Thanks for the help Rob I appreciate it, and I do love your software <G


 >   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 s
 >  > thebbs.org does host domains for free, but I have no fricking clue what m
 >  > 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 positi
 >  > I goto an outside computer that will not connect me.  Does that make any 
 > 
 > Yes, it makes perfect sense. Your globally unique IP address is 24.93.177.16
 > 192.168.x.x addresses are for local/test use ONLY and are never globally uni
 > or routable. Your router is assigning your local PCs addresses of 192.168.x.
 > and then performing routing and network address translation (NAT) on the
 > packets so that you can communicate with the outside world. Unfortunately, i
 > 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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