ATT BroadBand Port Blocking

dsr at tao.merseine.nu dsr at tao.merseine.nu
Fri Feb 7 19:46:38 EST 2003


On Fri, Feb 07, 2003 at 06:59:09PM -0500, Ali Taalebi wrote:
> 
> 
> This week I got ATT Broadband connection at home.
> I have no problem accessing the Internet, ssh, ... from home.
> However, I cannot access any of the services (HTTP, SSH, ...) on 
> my Linux Box from outside.
> (I CAN ping the WAN port of router if I disable "Blocking WAN Requests".) 
> 
> IS ATT Broadband blocking such ports or I am missing something else?
> Your insights will be very much appreciated.
> 
> Here are my home network setup:
> 	ATT Broadband connection
> 	RCN cable modem
        ^^^ these are competing services...

> 	LinkSys Router (Model BEFSR41)
> 	RedHat Linux 7.2 (on Compaq Deskpro)

Is your router set up to direct incoming port 80, 22, etc. to the IP of
your Linux box?

-dsr-

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