Re: How to forward the port from the router to the external NIC of

Thanks Merv. I took a look at the control web interface of my linksys cable
router. I now know how to do this and I noticed that the previous IT guy of
our company already forwarded 2 TCP ports and 1 udp ports to the server.

"Merv Porter [SBS-MVP]" wrote:

> Hi John,
>
> Forwarding a port is an operation done in the router configuration.
> Generally, there is a web interface where you can specify a port and the IP
> address where you want traffic forwarded. With a 2 NIC and router
> configuration, you would specify that traffic coming in on a certain port be
> forwarded to the IP address of the external NIC on your SBS server. With
> this done, the router does not stop or "interrogate" the traffic on that
> port, but simply "forwards" it to the IP address of the external NIC for
> processing.
>
> For a better explanation, go to this web site and select a router (hopefully
> your router is listed). After clicking on your router, click on the "port
> forwarding" link(s) for a graphical walkthrough of how to set up forwarding
> on your router:
> http://www.portforward.com/routers.htm
>
>
> --
> Merv Porter [SBS MVP]
> ===================================
> "John Z" <JohnZ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:8B1A5B90-2511-43C1-B5C6-82D8891ADC2A@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Hi, all,
> >
> > I did noticed some Tech. persons say somthings like forward the port (eg.
> > 25) to the external NIC of the sbs server several times, but I still don't
> > know how to actually do this. Can anybody show me how to do this? Thanks
> > very
> > much. Although I have been in this NB for a while (10 months), i still
> > think
> > I am a newbie to SBS. Please forgive me that I asked a basic question like
> > this.
>
>
>
.

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