Hi.

Heres my dillema. I got my Apache going, but my Isp blocks port 80. I edited the httpd.conf and made it from 80 to 8080.

Now, I have a router, but the router doesnt have any port forwarding options. Ifconfig tellls me that my ip is 192.168.254 (internal). When I access whatismyip.com , that tells me 151.198.153.xxx


Since the router doesnt have any port forwarding, I had to take things into my own hands and use xinetd. I found someone that had a situation very similar to mine and they had sucess with the following...

service 8080
{
disable = no
socket_type = stream
protocol = tcp
user = nobody
wait = no
port = 8080
redirect = 192.168.254.xxx 8080
}

So I added that as a file, then restarted xinetd. Now I should be able to get access at (h)ttp://151.198.153.xxx:8080 right? Well I cant. Ive spent alot of time lookin and askin around, nobodys been able to help me on this one. If you can provide some assistance, please do so, its much apprecaited! Thank you!

wrong. Configuring your xinetd to redirect is only if requests get to your linux machine on port 8080 in the first place. They are not. They're hitting your router and your router's saying "Port 8080 isn't open, reject!"

Your router most likely does have port forwarding options. Post the model number and brand of your router, and I (or someone) will help you forward the ports or find out exactly if it can or not. Most routers can though, they're just shady about the shiz.

Thanks for your reply Blindsight

Ok, well I have a Speedstream 2623. I got these instructions from speedstream when I asked about the port forwarding. I am including screenshots of the Router Control Panel in hopes that someone can understand this.


"Go to advanced setup / special applications. You will need to select an application off of the list, or fill in the information (which is obtained from the program vendor) manually.

If this does not work, there is another option for opening ports. These routers have a DMZ mode, which opens all the ports for one computer. To do this you obtain the IP address of the computer you want to open the ports for, then go to Advanced Setup / Misc. You put in the last digits of the IP address where it says: IP Address of Virtual DMZ host. Then you put a check in the "Enabled" box"

Heres a screenshot of the special applications section : (h)ttp://www.evobb.com/~liquidskin/specialapplication.png


And heres the one of the DMZ section: (h)ttp://www.evobb.com/~liquidskin/misc.png

Hope someone can help me out. Thanks alot.

In speedstream setup, try going to "virtual server" config page and add an entry there. Private IP is address of your server, private port is 8080, Type TCP, Public Port 8080.