Subj : Re: HELP, I’m stuck behind a NAT \ router and can’t get out
To   : alt.bbs.internet
From : Chris Morse <chris@cosmicwolf.com>
Date : Wed Dec 24 2003 12:31 am

On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 16:17:23 -0600, Duckmaster <> wrote:

>I am trying to put up a web site and a telnet BBS on my home computer
>and I’m having a hard time figuring out how to let people from outside
>my home actually see my website and my BBS. I do believe that I have
>opened the correct ports on the router to the particular machine that
>I have the servers on. Those are ports 23 and 80. I’m trying to use
>software named BALI for Dynamic DNS client. I have also, of course,
>set up the appropriate account at dyndns.org and have registered a
>domain name with them. Can anybody out there give me a clue on how to
>get client software to recognize the router that I’m behind? The
>router is a speedstream 2614. But again the manual for this router is
>vague and cryptic and may not have the port forwarding set up
>correctly. 
>
>Thank you very much  

Some ISP's block well-known ports.  23 and 80 are prime candidates.
Try running something on a different port and ask a friend to try
and establish a connection.  Something like port 5000.

If your router is UPnP (Universal Plug-n-Play), then definitely check
that setting and enable it if it's not.

// CHRIS

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