Author: James Ashburner Date: To: lug, Hampshire LUG Discussion List Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Can't access public IP address from inside LAN
Vic wrote: >
> They usually don't.
>
> To have access to the external IP address from inside the LAN, packets
> need to be routed to the WAN interface and then *back again* to the LAN -
> a second pass through the routing table.
>
> Most punter-grade routers just don't do that.
>
>
> My Netgear WGR614 did this just fine, my current Linksys (can't remember
what model, all I know is I wouldn't buy another Linksys) does this fine
most of the time. At the moment, it's not working and hasn't for a day
or so. This is the longest period it's done this for so far.
