[Charlug] Router Config Issue

[Pierre Abbat]

Don Parris wrote:
> Hey all,
> 
> I would like to get my router (Linksys WRT54G) to allow me into my 
> network from the outside.  Yes, I know that's dangerous, but I want to 
> do a couple of things.
> 
> (a) Run a personal website off my box, and be able to manage it from 
> outside
> (b) Play with OpenVPN
> 
> I have enabled IPSec, PPTP, and L2TP.  I am using the web admin 
> interface to configure the router.  Under the Apps & gaming section is a 
> DMZ page, I have configured the router to be a DMZ device, with an 
> internal box as the set IP address.
> 
> If I wanted to reach the webserver on my internal box, I assume I can 
> now use my public IP address to do so.  I was not able to do this 
> before, so I assume that this is the change I needed to make.  I can 
> also setup port forwarding and triggering on the router, but am not sure 
> about setting that up just yet.  I would ask a specific question, but 
> I'm just not sure what to ask.  Maybe someone around here has more 
> experience with routers?

The way I do it is set up port forwarding on the router. I have my 
webserver on a box at a 192.168 address, and told the router to forward 
packets on port 80 sent to the outside address to the webserver. Same 
for port 25 and port 22.

phma