[AccessD] no-ip.com

John,
I had a similar problem these days
I have set up one PC on the network as ftp server
I used Rhinosoft Serve-U ftp-server and its DNS4me to get a static address for
my dynamic IP
while this software works ok and does what it should I had a problem to get my
PC seen by the outsid e world
turned out ht my router (netgear RT311) has - in addition to the
brouwser-accessible setup - a filtering for some ports (FTP, WEB,...) which can
only be changet by the telnet setup (plus a reset of the router)
so I got this working
the other part with setting fixed internal IP addresses I had teh same
experience as you. still waiting for a good idea to show up from somewhere or
heaven :-)

Lembit Soobik

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <jcolby at colbyconsulting.com>
To: "AccessD" <AccessD at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2003 4:10 PM
Subject: [AccessD] no-ip.com


> Is anyone intimately familiar with no-ip.com (or the concept)?  I have set
> up my web server to serve up a site.  Some time ago I set up a no-ip account
> to allow using my home office server to serve a web page with a dynamic
> address assigned by my cable company.  It no longer works.
>
> It appears that it no longer works because my router has assigned "holes"
> through the "firewall" to a specific internal address - 192.168.1.150 which
> was what the server was using.  However now the server is being assigned an
> address by the router at boot and that number varies.  Thus I need to "hard
> code" the IP address for the router back to 192.168.1.150 so that it matches
> what the router software has assigned the "holes" to.
>
> I thought I knew how to do this, i.e. (For Win2K Pro) right click My Network
> Places, select properties,  select Internet protocol, click properties,
> select "use the following IP address", and fill in the IP address, subnet
> mask, and default gateway (the router address).  I have done all of that.  I
> did NOT fill in the "Use the following DNS Server Addresses" however as I
> don't know what that is nor how to find it.
>
> Reboot the server, the router, and the server again and the server does now
> report back the numbers I put in when I do an IPConfig from a dos box.
>
> Unfortunately now I can't see the internet from IE on the server.  The
> "windows update" software (automatic update) did run however so IT could see
> the internet!
>
> Am I close?  Is it just a matter of a tweak somewhere?
>
> Next question.  I have not found a way to test the No-IP thing from a
> computer on the same LAN as the server.  Can I put the server in a DMZ and
> THEN be able to see the No-IP address from my workstation (inside the
> firewall)?  Can I leave the server inside the firewall and place the
> workstation in the DMZ and see the No-IP address?  Is it simply impossible
> to see it (test this stuff) by my self?
>
> Any help much appreciated.
>
> John W. Colby
> www.colbyconsulting.com
>
>
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