Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 12:44:40 -0400 (EDT) From: whizkid@valuedj.com To: "Micke P" <mickep3@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Trying to see website from the Internet Message-ID: <12553.208.253.246.93.1066754680.squirrel@www.valuedj.com> In-Reply-To: <20031021194748.25881.qmail@web14507.mail.yahoo.com> References: <48926.208.253.246.93.1066753475.squirrel@www.valuedj.com> <20031021194748.25881.qmail@web14507.mail.yahoo.com>
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> I opened the port on my (hardware) router box, not the > FreeBSD firewall. Internet -> ISP -> Modem -> Router > -> FreeBSD box. Hopefully that's all I need to do to > forward the port 8080 packets. Do I need to configure > the FreeBSD firewall settings as well to reflect the > port? no, if you can get to the website from inside your hardware firewall (a machine other then your freeBSD box) then the problem ly's with either your hardware firewall, or your ISP. What Brand firewall do you have? Remeber that just opening port 8080 will not work, you have to go into the "Port Forwarding" section of your firewall and forward the 8080 port to your inside box > This sounds right. And I'm glad to have a name for the > problem. There are two firewalls then, the router's > and FreeBSD's. I've only given attention to the former...
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