ATT BroadBand Port Blocking

Ali Taalebi taalebi at ai.mit.edu
Fri Feb 7 21:08:10 EST 2003


Yes, I have tried to open all the ports 
using the routere features such as:
	port-forwarding,
or
	DMZ

>>Al


   From: dsr at tao.merseine.nu
   Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2003 19:46:38 -0500
   Cc: discuss at blu.org

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

   -dsr-

   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)

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