Topic: external reaching problems

[r.bos]

Hello,

Does anyone know an answer on my question?
I only see my domainwebsite (with the external ip number) on the local machines but I can't reach them on external computers.
Has it something to do with ports?
I want to host a website on the e-smith computer but putting the ip adress or the domain name: the external computers can't find the host.

[Alejandro]

I have more questions to your question

is your e-smith box configured as server and gateway mode.?
what about contacting the outside web from your network?
can you ping anywhere from you e-smith box or your internal network?
the response of pinging to your ip is a time out?
What  kind of connection do you have,?
you could be behind a firewall...

Alejandro

[r.bos]

Hello Alejandro,

Thanks for your reply.
The answers to the questions:
1. yes, server and gateway.
2. the other computers in the network has connection with the internet.
3. Yes, pinging works. Telnet also.
4. No time outs.
5. Cable.
6. The only firewall is the e-smith server in normal modus.

When I enter the domain on an outside computer it seems he found the ip adres, but the page can not be found.

When I try to contact the server (on the computer in the network area) with the ip adres without a port number ( for ex. 111.222.222.333) the website will be found.
When I try to contact the server ..... etc with the ip adres 111.222.222.333:80 the page can't be found. Very strange.

Telnet works to login into the server.
Everything seems to work, only find the webadres from an outside computer.
I really don't know the solution.

r. bos

[Alejandro]

so...with all the answers and the description of being able to  reach the server at www.xxx.yyy.zzz....
You have a perfect working e-smith box!!!!
this is normal operation!

you dont need to specify a port # for web access!
you only need to pint your site with any dns service and you are on air, your server will allow conection types and ports acording to the configuration made in "remote access" and "information bays" secction of the web based e-smith manager (by default 192.168.1.1:980) that is only accesible from the internal network
(port 980 is restricter behind the server).
I can recommend to you, not to modify these restrictions , cause they're intended to preserve your lan and server security,
As you said you have enabled telnet on your server, what is a kind of "piece of cake" for a malicious user or even for a curious newbie hacker, what is worst!!! (use ssh connection instead)

I realy don't realize what else you need,
feel free to explain me more
Alejandro

[r.bos]

I assume your www adress is www.reboredo.net? If this is your page: it works.
What settings do you have in your remote access file?
So you think this is the solution to my problem?

Indead everything works: also the webmail (only internal network) but the chain for external is missing.
thx by the way

my www adres should be www.remptbos.nl

[r.bos]

do i also have to modify the "hostnames and adresses"?

[Alejandro]

Yes, you are right that's my under construction page,
(only spanish version.....up to I have time)

problem isn't in your external access,
problem is that you have not a registered name (fqdn) pointed to you e-smith IP number...
 so nobody can reach you by your domain name but, it could be  possible to reach you by your ip number, while it keeps of being changed by your isp.
mail me in private to let me know your ip,
I will try to see what can be seen.

for the next post....
no you dont have to change  "hostnames and address"

Do you own a registered name?
did you pointed it to a dns service ? (it resolves registered names (zones) into an ip numbers)
your ip is static or dynamic?

[r.bos]

I think that's it. I'm trying to host a non existing domain name.
But I have 2 official registered domain names. One is hosted by a proffesional ISP.
The other is only registerd but not hosted by anyone.
How can I make it free.
I have dynamic dns numbers.

You're offline so I can't see your e-mail adress, thats why this way again.

greetz
r. bos

[Des Dougan]

Look at HammerNode (www.hn.org) - it will do what you want. Also search the forums - there is a thread outlining how to set up the custom dns configuration file in e-smith.

HTH

Des Dougan

[r.bos]

I think my ports are blocked by my ISP.
It won't work at all!! (I think)

[g_pc8628]

first try the basics.  find your external IP addr. on SME, then plug that IP-addr into a browser on a computer not connected to your LAN.,

next, check out your ISP is hosting your global DNS (name-to-IPADDR lookup), and that those global settings match up with your dynamic dns client settings (ie: hammernode.pl)

if all that isn't the cause of your problems, check if you have installed the SME as a Public Server and Gateway.  You can access the setup page from the welcome screen... or login via SSH as User= admin ; pass= "your-pass?"

if not public, redo your setup and reboot.

[Anonymous]

hello

your site is WORKING

I just checked it using a link on the forun site
sometimes it take a domain name server to catch-up
with the updates better now than it use to be

good luck