From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 21 17:40:46 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC26916A4B3 for ; Tue, 21 Oct 2003 17:40:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from priv-edtnes28.telusplanet.net (outbound04.telus.net [199.185.220.223]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BAB6C43FA3 for ; Tue, 21 Oct 2003 17:40:45 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from viktorlazlo@telus.net) Received: from [192.168.1.100] ([66.183.123.52]) by priv-edtnes28.telusplanet.netESMTP <20031022004045.GPIM12883.priv-edtnes28.telusplanet.net@[192.168.1.100]>; Tue, 21 Oct 2003 18:40:45 -0600 Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 17:40:27 -0700 (PDT) From: Viktor Lazlo X-X-Sender: viktorlazlo@njamn8or.bc.hsia.telus.net To: Micke P In-Reply-To: <20031021222851.51024.qmail@web14509.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <20031021173931.W51615@njamn8or.bc.hsia.telus.net> References: <20031021222851.51024.qmail@web14509.mail.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org cc: whizkid@valuedj.com Subject: Re: Trying to see website from the Internet X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 00:40:46 -0000 On Tue, 21 Oct 2003, Micke P wrote: > > --- whizkid@valuedj.com wrote: > > > I opened the port on my (hardware) router box, not > > the > > > FreeBSD firewall. Internet -> ISP -> Modem -> > > Router > > > -> FreeBSD box. Hopefully that's all I need to do > > to > > > forward the port 8080 packets. Do I need to > > configure > > > the FreeBSD firewall settings as well to reflect > > the > > > port? > > > > no, if you can get to the website from inside your > > hardware firewall (a > > machine other then your freeBSD box) then the > > problem ly's with either > > your hardware firewall, or your ISP. What Brand > > firewall do you have? > > Remeber that just opening port 8080 will not work, > > you have to go into the > > "Port Forwarding" section of your firewall and > > forward the 8080 port to > > your inside box > > While it's not called Port Forwarding on the router > setup, I'm certain that is what I've set up. > > Do you know what an ISP, earthlink, in this case, > might do to keep you from serving pages? I'm using > another port from 80, because I just get the ISP modem > status page when using the dynamic IP with the normal > 80 port. I doubt that would be the case, it is much more likely to do with router setup. What is the make and model of your router? Cheers, Viktor