[AccessD] no-ip.com

jcolby at colbyconsulting.com jcolby at colbyconsulting.com
Sat Jul 26 12:06:56 CDT 2003


Hmmm... well, I am now able to see my server, through no-ip.com from my
workstation without (AFAICT) EITHER computer being in the DMZ.

If anyone wants to verify that I am out there, go to
http://colbyconsulting.no-ip.com .  You should be redirected to the same
thing with a "hole" number on the end, though you may not notice this as it
flashes in the status bar below briefly.  Then something that looks like my
site will appear.  You can tell it isn't my site because the button "meet my
son" isn't in the lower left.

I will be using this site to test my ASP.Net stuff.  I have the .Net
framework installed and working with IIS on this server and can (across my
LAN) display pages making calls to the .net framework.  Very soon we shall
see stuff here.

John W. Colby
www.colbyconsulting.com

-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
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Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2003 12:20 PM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: RE: [AccessD] no-ip.com


Well, it turns out that the IE not getting to the web was the fact that I
did not fill out the DNS Server addresses.  I went to the router and asked
it the numbers, plugged them in to the right place and can now browse the
internet so THAT is fixed.

I still need answers as to whether placing either the IIS Server machine or
the workstation in the DMZ would allow me to do my own testing of no-ip
stuff.

John W. Colby
www.colbyconsulting.com

-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of
jcolby at colbyconsulting.com
Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2003 10:11 AM
To: AccessD
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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