Re: Linksys Router Table

From: George Strother <gstrother@gmail.com>
Date: Tue Jan 10 2006 - 13:04:36 AKST

If you want a static address your network, You'll need a static public
IP address through ACS.
Even though your web server will have a static private (192.168.1.0/24
etc) address, that will never be accessible outside of your LAN.

When you go to the web browser on the inside of your network and type
in 192.168.1.15 (say that's your web server address), The request goes
to your router and says "oh look that's an internal IP address, I'll
pass it to this other local host". This is the same for any LAN that
uses the 192.168.x.x addressing schema. If someone in England has a
192.168.x.x address on his LAN and types 192.168.1.15 in his browser
it will go to the computer in his network. e.g NAT (network address
translation.. you can read more about it here:
http://computer.howstuffworks.com/nat.htm )

On the router you'll have to set up port forwarding as Jon stated, but
when your connecting to it from an external host you will have to put
in your ACS address (eg 209.193.8.83) in the web browser, not the
private address.

Hope this helps

George Strother
Information Management Office
Fort Richardson Moral, Welfare & Recreation
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