Re: RD Quit

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From: Sooner Al (SoonerAl_at_somewhere.net.invalid)
Date: 10/04/04 

Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2004 05:39:58 -0500

Maybe because the PC your trying to reach on the LAN is using a DHCP assigned IP address? If so,
configuring it to use a static IP will prevent this issue in the future...

http://www.portforward.com/networking/static-xp.htm 

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    Al Jarvi (MS-MVP Windows Networking)
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"EllenR" <EllenR@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:07550E96-F9F2-4034-AE3C-F6DF7F22BFC1@microsoft.com...
> FANTASTIC!!  I have no clue as to why the list of private ip addresses got
> reassigned in the middle of the day in my absence, but redirecting the
> forwarding port to the proper computer fixed my problem.  Thank you so much.
>
> "Bill Sanderson" wrote:
>
>> Is the private IP address of the XP host machine the same as the address in
>> the port forwarding table?
>>
>> "EllenR" <EllenR@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:C8379014-C4A1-4E76-A188-18D8D0AE80C9@microsoft.com...
>> > Hi again--I have Linksys WRT54GS with firmware version v2.07.1
>> > Remember, it WORKED until Tuesday.  I have checked to be sure my port
>> > forwarding hasn't changed.
>> >
>> > "Sooner Al" wrote:
>> >
>> >> I guess we need to know what route she has then... Thanks for the tip...
>> >>
>> >> -- 
>> >>     Al Jarvi (MS-MVP Windows Networking)
>> >>
>> >> Please post *ALL* questions and replies to the news group for the mutual
>> >> benefit of all of us...
>> >> The MS-MVP Program - http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
>> >> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
>> >> rights...
>> >>
>> >> "Robin Walker" <rdhw@cam.ac.uk> wrote in message
>> >> news:cjmg38$rar$1@gemini.csx.cam.ac.uk...
>> >> > "Sooner Al" <SoonerAl@somewhere.net.invalid> wrote in message
>> >> > news:u9tJQaIqEHA.3300@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>> >> >>
>> >> >> If your trying to test from a PC on your local LAN to another PC on
>> >> >> the
>> >> >> same LAN, you can *NOT* use the public IP or dyndns alias of the
>> >> >> router.
>> >> >> Testing on the local LAN only works using the private LAN IP or the PC
>> >> >> name. To test using the public IP or dyndns alias you must be at a
>> >> >> remote
>> >> >> location.
>> >> >
>> >> > Not necessarily: some of the latest Linksys routers and firmwares now
>> >> > offer
>> >> > the option of supporting loopback calls to the WAN IP address, as if
>> >> > they
>> >> > were from outside.  It will depend on the model of router and its
>> >> > configuration settings whether this will work in any individual case.
>> >> >
>> >> > -- 
>> >> > Robin Walker [MVP Networking]
>> >> > rdhw@cam.ac.uk
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >>
>>
>>
>>

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