Subj : Re: Reverse Proxy and subdomain help
To   : Patch
From : claw
Date : Wed Dec 20 2023 07:58 am

On 20 Dec 2023, Patch said the following...
 
 Pa> Hello again!
 Pa> 
 Pa> I've been fighting the processes to setup a proper url for the BBS.  In
 Pa> essence, I would like bbs.mydomain.com to load up the BBS on
 Pa> theuser-defined port.
 Pa> 
 Pa> I am using a Synology NAS and have setup the Reverse Proxy function in
 Pa> the Control Panel.  I've added three A records to the domain name which
 Pa> resides on Cloudflare.com.
 Pa> 
 Pa> I am able to successfully PING the subdomain.domain.com and it resolves
 Pa> to my proxied public IP address.  However, when I attempt to use that
 Pa> format in 'nodelist' to make a call out, it times out without resolving.
 Pa> 
 Pa> What else am I missing to make this happen?
 Pa> 
 Pa> ooO(# .)Ooo
 Pa> =-=Patch=-=

So are you trying to access it internally?  If you are then your router needs to be setup to catch the address and forward it to the internal IP.  Its easy to do with PFSense.  I would test it on an external address first just to make sure this is what I think it is.  If it work from outside the network then you can google this for your router and set it up. Now all routers do this.  If yours doesn't see if there is a DDWRT flash for your router and then you can add the feature yourself.  Keep in mind if this doesn't go well you will be buying or building a new one.  I know there is another router software untangle I think its called that can also do it.  Hope this helps.

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