[Orig mail included because I did not post it to the list] I *think* it is because the external interface is rejecting spoofed IP addresses, ie IP addresses that are the same as one of the internal IP address and which are trying to gain access to internal resources.
At 05:17 PM 5/30/2002 -0700, Jonathan Berglund wrote: >Okay, got it. I didn't realize I couldn't just type in the external IP >from the inside. May I ask why that is? I terminaled to a computer on >the outside and it worked fine. So thanks everyone! > >- Jon > >-----Original Message----- >From: Lee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2002 4:57 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [leaf-user] Port Forwarding > > >There shouldn't be any other changes necessary - as long as you are >trying to genuinely access it from outside. You can't access it from >inside by hitting your external IP address from the inside. > >Some troubleshooting questions: >Can you hit the webserver by its internal IP address from the inside? >Does the webserver have any hosts.deny or firewalling of its own in >place? (eg Red Hat Linux default installs do) Are you definitely >forwarding to the right internal IP address? _______________________________________________________________ Don't miss the 2002 Sprint PCS Application Developer's Conference August 25-28 in Las Vegas -- http://devcon.sprintpcs.com/adp/index.cfm ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html
