Topic: [Solved] Cannot serve SME website with new Uverse ISP

[LANMonkey]

Hi LANMonkey

- At the server console, login with admin.
- Choose #2 Configure this server.
- At the 9th screen, choose #2 Use DHCP  (send ethernet  address as client identifier).
- Leave the other screen as is.
- The server will restart and all will be OK.
- Login as root and execute the command: ifconfig

You should see you addresses, local and external.

https://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server:Documentation:Administration_Manual
https://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server:Documentation:Administration_Manual:Chapter5#Configuring_Your_External_Ethernet_Adapter

Hope for the best,

Michel-André

Yes, thank you, I'm ready to try that.  The problem is that I have only one NIC for the computer on the motherboard, and it takes a low profile NIC, it's an old Dell small footprint desktop.

If it is not possible to get SME to use DHCP for a single NIC, I'm going to try daisy chaining another router to the modem/gateway and putting that in the DMZPlus mode.   Then I'll put the SME on the second router and forward HTTP to SME there.  That may hold me until I get a second NIC.

[Jean-Philippe Pialasse]

Please do not use sme as a gateway unless you really plan yo get ride of all your function of the router.

You seem do understand nothing to lan and NAT. You are just asking for us how to do the solution you decided was to use where it is not the good solution for your initial problem. You are not seeking the information to actually inderstand what you are doing.

You will create more difficulty for you to understand what is happening by using sme as gateway inside a lan

For instance you will not be able to access file shares directly unless you connect your computer on sme lan side.

Then you will need to use two set of local ips in different  subnet. If you do not fully understand what it means, and the consequence then stop this way.

Your router is able to handle fixed ip. Just enter it in search box under the list of device to create pinholes

[LANMonkey]

Finally, some success.

I hooked up an old Netgear WNDR3400 router to the AT&T gateway using the Netgear internet port, reset the Netgear to factory defaults and put both my workstation and SME on the Netgear router.  All by itself, the Netgear gave me another subnet and right away I had internet access from the Netgear subnet via the AT&T gateway.

The Netgear was recognized as a device in the AT&T gateway and I put the Netgear device in DMZPlus mode.  I port forwarded HTTP port 80 to the new static address for my SME server and finally, I can reach my website from the internet.

In summary, the problem remains that I should be able to just plug in the SME in the AT&T router and port forward to SME's static IP address, but for some reason the AT&T router will not let me do that.  I might be able to do port forward to that using its DMZPlus mode, but I cannot have SME use DHCP with only one NIC which restricts you to Server Mode Only.

The only solution was to displace the problem into a subnet created by adding another router to the AT&T router and forwarding to that using DMZPlus applied to the added router.

[michelandre]

HI LANMonkey,

Glad you had success.

Can you give the model number of the original router, the one connected to the internet?

Michel-André

[LANMonkey]

HI LANMonkey,

Glad you had success.

Can you give the model number of the original router, the one connected to the internet?

Michel-André

It is a modem/router made by Arris and distributed by AT&T, model 5268AC.

Here is a PDF data sheet on the unit:

https://www.arris.com/globalassets/resources/data-sheets/5268ac.pdf

It is no longer supported by Arris and support from AT&T is not useful.

[michelandre]

Hi LANMonkey,

From Jean-Philippe Pialasse:

Your router is able to handle fixed ip. Just enter it in search box under the list of device to create pinholes

I would follow his advice. This guy has a lot of experience.

Then your real success wil be at: page 22-23
http://www.dslreports.com/r0/download/2267100~5694a5d84811c1255c4f12556de77ead/5268AC%20Manual.pdf

Michel-André