port forwarding help!

Bill McGonigle bill at bfccomputing.com
Sat Dec 25 11:26:02 EST 2004


On Dec 24, 2004, at 9:30 PM, jsf wrote:

> Linksys.. basically, the same firmware it came with (plus a firmware 
> update)
>>
>> I'd assign the laptop the router's IP address and remove the router to
>> figure out whether it can respond on port 80 - if you can telnet to
>> port 80 on the router's IP from your server in Boston you'll at least
>> know that your laptop is OK.
>
> I've tried that... the laptop has no problem responding on port 80 if
> it's connected directly to the Cable Modem...

If it were mine I'd flash it with ewrt firmware and enable ssh so you 
can get on it and see what's happening inside.

There's probably an iptables rule you can modify to get it running, but 
that might require a recompile to be persistant.

-Bill




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