On Lu, 26 dec 11, 09:32:51, Kamaraju S Kusumanchi wrote: > I have laptop -> router -> internet. The router is Westell A90-750015-07. I > am using Verizon DSL High Speed Internet. > > I have set up the apache server on port 8088. It works internally but not > externally. So http://192.168.1.21:8088 works. However, I am not able to > access the site if I try http://192.168.1.1:8088 or > http://72.88.231.219:8088 > > > I tried to set up the port forwarding in the router, but this process is > very confusing. > > Consider these snapshots for example... > snapshot1.jpeg - > https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B4J6QB3eL1ZZYTcyNzNjNTYtZDY5OC00YTMzLWIxM2YtYTVmMTZkZjk3YmRh > snapshot2.jpeg - > https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B4J6QB3eL1ZZMzc3NWY1OTItMjYxMi00M2VmLThjMjEtNDRiZTc2ZDM4YTM3 > snapshot3.jpeg - > https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B4J6QB3eL1ZZM2Y4MzBjNDMtOTM4Yy00NmU4LTliZGEtMjkzMzJlYzk2NDAw > > > In the router configuration (192.168.1.1), I chose "Firewall Settings" -> > Port Forwarding and I get snapshot1.jpeg. I then choose "Add". This gives > snapshot2.jpeg. There is no rule relevant to forwarding of http packets, so > I click on create which gives snapshot3.jpeg. > > In snapshot3.jpeg, the field (1) "Enter a name for the custom service:" can > be any random name. But what about (2)? Should I choose "Port Forwarding" > or > "Port Triggering".
I'd say "Port Forwarding". > The options in section 3 of snapshot3.jpeg are even more confusing. Under > the Protocol, there are three options - tcp, udp, both. I guess I should > choose "both"? I don't think you need both, tcp should be enough > For Global PortStart, Global PortEnd should I choose 8088? > For Base HostPort, should I choose 8088? Yes. Note: since I have to mess with the ports when doing the port forwarding I prefer to let the service always run on it's default port. Makes things easier in a lot of cases. > What about Direction? In/Out? > If the Direction is "In", then "Port Direction" can only be Dst. > If the Direction is "Out", then "Port Direction" can be Dst or Src. Which > Port direction should I choose? I think it should be "In". > Thanks for any help. This is utterly confusing to me. No amount of googling > helped me. There is no help page for this router. Did anyone get this > working or is my best choice to buy another router? No, there certainly is a way and other routers I've dealt with are just as confusing. This is one reason I welcome the switch to IPv6. Hope this helps, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic
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