RE: Ummm...need a little bit of router config help...

Do you have a firewall running on the server ?

Try just serving a regular web page (Hello World) to see if that works.

You could try putting the server on the DMZ of the actiontec to see if the
ports are working on the outside.

if that works, maybe your have a problem with the forward.

**Note from the inside, you NOT get to the outside IP address through the
actiontec, it will always route you to the inside IP 192.168.0.1. (stupid
actiontec) So you actually have to try from somewhere outside.

Yes DynDNS is the way to go, I use it, and they have a config page that will
create the config file for you.

Can't remember what port zoneminder uses if any.


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[mailto:plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of Jim
March
Sent: Friday, July 03, 2009 3:59 PM
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Subject: Ummm...need a little bit of router config help...

Folks,

I've successfully built a webserver (hosting Zoneminder camera images and
feed) for a friend's local business. First time I've ever done this :).
It's on their local net off an Actiontek "basic home router"
(Qwest DSL).

I've given the camera server box a static IP address, and told the router to
do static IPs from 192.168.0.53 on up (DHCP below that for wireless
clients). If I put my laptop on the WiFi net and go to the camera server IP
of 192.168.0.53 I can see the Zoneminder console web-page, look at camera
feeds, etc. Works great.

I told the router to forward port 80 to 192.168.0.53. On the camera server,
pulling up whatismyipaddress.com shows that (for now at least) IP is
174.18.245.74. (The camera server has working full internet access - I had
to rip out networkmanager to do static IPs manually under Xubuntu Intrepid.)

BUT, whoops, if I try and connect to 174.18.245.74 from a computer outside
of the local net (using my laptop and a Verizon cellular
modem) I can't get squat. My understanding is that it should work at this
point, right? Router should forward port 80 to local 192.168.0.53?

Is it possible Zoneminder is using a different port? I doubt it...a Windows
machine on the local net can go to 192.168.0.53 and get the ZM console
without specifying a port number.

I realize I'm going to have to use something like DynDNS to make this work
long-term...as in, the next time the router resets and scoops up a different
address. But in the meantime, this step should work, right?

Any idea what I've missed here?

Thanks,

Jim
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