[wplug] Port Forwarding in Verizon Router

[Matthew Hughes]

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On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 10:29, george larson <george.g.larson at gmail.com>wrote:

> Are you forwarding to machines that are getting IP addresses via DHCP?
>
> On my home network, all the regular members have static IP addresses and
> my port forwarding is set up based on IP address rather than host name.
>  Therein my system does not use DNS to find the machines.  That's the
> only way I've ever done forwarding.
>
> I don't have FIOS but I do have Verizon DSL so I'm thinking it might be
> somewhat similar to your situation.
>
> I don't know if this solution appeals to you but assigning them static
> IP addresses might work.  I imagine you could try putting the currently
> assigned IP address in your router control interface just to test it
> before bothering with configuring static.
>
>
> Ryan Brown wrote:
> > No idea specifically in regards to the Fios router.  I recommend putting
> a
> > DD-WRT router in its place though to have something simple to work with.
> >
> > However, you still need to keep the Fios router in place (attached to the
> > DD-WRT) for the TV service/on-demand.
> >
> > Ryan
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: wplug-bounces+lists=tblive.com at wplug.org
> > [mailto:wplug-bounces+lists=tblive.com at wplug.org] On Behalf Of Greg
> Simkins
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2012 11:01 PM
> > To: WPLUG General user list
> > Subject: [wplug] Port Forwarding in Verizon Router
> >
> > I have Verizon FIOS service and I am having trouble properly configuring
> the
> > port forwarding so I can get remote access to my iMac (screen sharing)
> and
> > an ubuntu host which I just set up.
> >
> > I set up a Dell PowerEdge SC 1420 server with ubuntu 11.10 (desktop - 64
> > bit) on my home network.  It gets its IP address by DHCP from Verizon
> Westel
> > 6100 FIOS modem/router.
> >
> > I was able to contact the ubuntu server from outside my network on my
> public
> > IP address using port forwarding of port 22 to 192.168.1.55, the address
> of
> > the ubuntu machine.  Now, it seems to have stopped working. At the same
> > time, my remote screen sharing on my iMac also stopped working.
> >
> > Looking at the port forwarding, I notice that both my iMac and ubuntu
> > machine are assigned these two odd looking IP addresses:  8.15.7.117 and
> > 63.251.179.13.  I found an article that said it may be a result of DNS
> > lookups from Verizon's DNS servers:
> > http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r22076303-Odd-discovery-port-443-forward
> >
> > I haven't been able to follow what is going on.  When I click on the
> host in
> > the Verizon router control interface (192.168.1.1) and click on "Resolve
> > Now", it searches and comes up with these weird IP addresses.  They are
> > located in California and I guess are part of the Verizon service.  But
> they
> > appear to be making it impossible for me to get remote access to the iMac
> > and Ubuntu machine from outside my network.  I can't find a way to change
> > the DNS servers.  One suggestion was to use non-Verizon DNS servers.
> >
> > I installed Aegir on the ubuntu machine and perhaps some of the
> > configuration associated with Aegir has fed over to the verizon router.
>  I
> > don't know if the tail is wagging dog or vice versa.
> >
> > Anybody have any ideas?
> >
> > Greg
> >
> >
> >
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