Tom Wilson wrote: > > Hi all, > > Quick questions here. I have an ADSL connection to the Internet. I have > been in the process of slowly setting up a home network. My question is, if > I want to host a FTP or web server and I have a private IP address on my DSL > connection, how can I get around this? > > My idea is, after having done a couple traceroutes, is to NAT my private > address to the first hop returned on the traceroute. Then order up some > dyndns.org. Any opinions on this (possibly lame-brained) idea?
Head to http://checkip.dyndns.org/ it will let you know what your externally visible IP is. That's what you need to point you dyndns name to, assuming that your isp allows the kinds of traffic you're interested in. I'd guess that traceroute will show your internal (private IP) and the next thing it will show will be the next hop past your router...the gateway for the segment your ISP has you on. -- Linux SxS [http://sxs.webhop.net/] _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
