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

[Eric Shubert]

I second dyndns. I've used them for years. Their customer service is 
terrific, and their site pages are clean and simple. Their accounting is 
a little squirrelly, but livable.

Bob Elzer wrote:
> 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.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: plug-discuss-bounces at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> [mailto:plug-discuss-bounces at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of Jim
> March
> Sent: Friday, July 03, 2009 3:59 PM
> To: Main PLUG discussion list; Tucson Free Unix Group
> 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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-Eric 'shubes'