Re: [Hampshire] Can't access public IP address from inside L…

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Author: Alan Pope
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To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List
Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Can't access public IP address from inside LAN
2009/9/20 Mark Johnson <mark@???>:
> Can anyone suggest what I may be doing wrong? If it helps, my firewall/router
> is a Netgear DG834G supplied by the ISP.
>


You're not testing it from _inside_ the LAN are you? Trying to access
the external IP of the router from inside your LAN? This invariably
doesn't work when I've tried using domestic routers.

You need to test it from a box outside your LAN.

Cheers,
Al.