Re: [SLUG] RoadRunner vs. Verizon DSL

From: Daniel Jarboe (daniel.jarboe@gmail.com)
Date: Tue Dec 21 2004 - 14:55:22 EST


On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 13:20:24 -0500, Felix Boecker
<3.14159265359@mad.scientist.com> wrote:
> Hey,
>
> I currently am subscribed to RoadRunner but I cannot access any of my internal network services from the outside. I have a webserver running (and I'd switch to the RR Business plan had I more than ~5 visitors a month) and have to remotely administer my parents' PCs while away at college. So this is a pain in the neck. I have the feeling that RR has blocked all incoming ports to my network. You think this is possible? My outside access to the network just stopped working from one day to the next without any intervention from the inside.

Just doing a quick fact check here... you're not trying to access,
say, non-routable internal ip addresses from the outside are you?
What type of device is your cable modem plugged into? Is that what is
doing your webserving and whatnot, or does it do any port-forwarding
to the machine that does? Or is it just some straight NAT-type
hub/switch. If it's the latter... it doesn't work the way it sounds
like you think it does, no matter who your service provider is.

Also, be aware that with dhcp your ip address may change after the
lease expires, though roadrunner has been pretty consistent for me as
long as its the same card on my end. For personal type uses, the
possible ip address changes are worked around easily enough.

~ Daniel
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