On Fri, 28 May 2004, Levi Bard wrote:
> >From inside, I could not connect to any port on the external interface.
> >Then, I replaced it with a USR8054, and I could. So the logic within the
> >router determines whether you can.
> >
> >Is that what you're seeing?
>
> There has to be a rule within the router that directs traffic from eth0
> back to eth0 (or in the case of the hw router, from the internal network
> back to the internal network) in the case that you try to connect to
> your own (external) address.
"should be". In the case of my previous Linux-based router (and the OP's
VoIP box) there isn't, apparently.
Unless you meant "has to be" ~ "needs to be", in which case I agree.
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