Subj : BBS Setup question
To   : Aceboy
From : Amcleod
Date : Tue Feb 12 2002 08:57 pm

  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

It is a common mistake to think that every machine has an IP address.  This is
WRONG.  Each seperate INTERFACE has a separate IP address -- possibly more than
one, but that is only oin special cases.  If your PC has two LAN cards, then
each will have an IP address.  if it also has a PPP connection via modem, that
too will have a separate IP address.  

You need to try to connect to the IP address of the interface that you will be
using.  If connecting from the LAN via a NIC, telnet to the IP address of the
NIC.  If connecting to the machine from out on the net via it's PPP interface,
then connect to the IP address of the PPP interface.  

I don't know the Linksys cable modem router, but I assume it is a little box
wired to your gateway PC via a piece of UTP (twister pair cable) into the NIC
on the PC.  If so, the PC's NIC will have an IP address (192.168.1.101 ?) but
the cable modem box will have an IP address too (192.168.1.100 perhaps?) and
the _other_ side of the cable modem which has wires running out of the house
("the cable") will have some sort of IP address as well.  THIS is the IP
address you will have to telnet to (24.93.177.166 maybe?) from out on the net.

From your PC, point your browser at http://www.whatismyip.com and you should
get the IP address of the gateway interface seen by the rest of the net.  Use
that IP to telnet to.  

If you can't telnet to it, perhaps your ISP is blocking access on the telnet
port (23).  Try shifting your telnet server onto another high-numbered port
(over 1023 and less than 65535 -- say 12345) and try telnetting to that instead
like so:

    telnet 205.247.341.19 12345

(stick the port you want after the IP) and see if you can connect.  Or try
connecting to other ports that may be open.  Ping the IP and see if it
responds.  See what happens.

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