Topic: Hostnames and addresses, external access, port opening

[phr3d]

Hi.

I've done quite a bit of searching in the forums and have RTFM; however, I'm still stumped as to why I can't access services (ftp, vpn, www, etc.) from outside the LAN.

I'm using SME 6.0.1-01 and dyndns for dynamic hostname resolution.

From what I understand all I have to do is change the "Visability" of a particular hostname (e.g., vpn.<mydomain>.com) to "Global" in the "Hostnames and addresses" section of the server manager and this will automagically make that particular hostname visable/accessible from outside the LAN.

Is this correct or do I have to open a corresponding port in conjunction with making the hostname's visability global?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

[mackayr]

Sorry if my response is somewhat elementary, but have you confirmed that your ISP is not blocking those ports?  I tried configuring the heck out of my SME server to no avail only to find that the ISP was blocking the ports.  Try running a port scan from outside the network.

[phr3d]

I did a port scan outside the LAN using

nmap -F <mycomputer.mydomain.com>

This said that ports 22,25,80,113,139,443 are open. So technically (since port 80 is open) I should be able to get to my webpage from outside the LAN.

Well, I just tried it again and it worked! I also just ssh'd into my machine and this worked also. I don't know what was wrong before. I've been trying to get outside access to work for quite a while and now it just works?  ... sorry for the bother!  

[CharlieBrady]

From what I understand all I have to do is change the "Visability" of a particular hostname (e.g., vpn.<mydomain>.com) to "Global" in the "Hostnames and addresses" section of the server manager and this will automagically make that particular hostname visable/accessible from outside the LAN.

That's only true if you are using Mitel's ServiceLink.

[phr3d]

So are you saying that changing the "Visability" option doesn't do anything in the GPL'd version?

[CharlieBrady]

So are you saying that changing the "Visability" option doesn't do anything in the GPL'd version?

Correct. That option won't appear in 7.0.