ADSL modem that supports 'loopback'

Hi

I am new to this group so I hope you don't mind me jumping straight in with
a question. My ADSL modem blew up yesterday (probably something to do with
the heat). I bought a new one this morning and got it set up on both my PCs.
The modem is a Zoom X5.

However, there is one problem that, according to the company's technical
support cannot be overcome, so I have to get a new modem.

I run email marketing software on my PC to send out permission-based emails
for my clients. In the process of testing an email campaign I send the
emails to myself so that I can test the links in the email. The links in the
emails go back to my PC via port 81 which I have opened on the modem. But
when I now click on the links I get 'Page cannot be displayed'. Recipients
outside my network are still able to click on a link without any problems.

I am told by Zoom's tech support that the reason I cannot link through is
that the modem does not support local loopback and that there is no way
round this.

So I need to urgently get hold of a modem that does support this. I have
done a search but to no avail so I am hoping that someone here might be able
to help or give me some advice.

Thanks in advance,
Dave Henson.

Dave Henson wrote:

> Hi
>
> I am new to this group so I hope you don't mind me jumping straight in with
> a question. My ADSL modem blew up yesterday (probably something to do with
> the heat). I bought a new one this morning and got it set up on both my PCs.
> The modem is a Zoom X5.
>
> However, there is one problem that, according to the company's technical
> support cannot be overcome, so I have to get a new modem.
>
> I run email marketing software on my PC to send out permission-based emails
> for my clients. In the process of testing an email campaign I send the
> emails to myself so that I can test the links in the email. The links in the
> emails go back to my PC via port 81 which I have opened on the modem. But
> when I now click on the links I get 'Page cannot be displayed'. Recipients
> outside my network are still able to click on a link without any problems.
>
> I am told by Zoom's tech support that the reason I cannot link through is
> that the modem does not support local loopback and that there is no way
> round this.
>
> So I need to urgently get hold of a modem that does support this. I have
> done a search but to no avail so I am hoping that someone here might be able
> to help or give me some advice.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Dave Henson.
>
>
>
A bit pricey but the Draytek 2600 series routers do this OK. I'm sure
someone can suggest something cheaper though.

"Dave Henson" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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: Hi
:
: I am new to this group so I hope you don't mind me jumping straight in
with
: a question. My ADSL modem blew up yesterday (probably something to do with
: the heat). I bought a new one this morning and got it set up on both my
PCs.
: The modem is a Zoom X5.
:
:

I have the same problem with d-link how I over come this is to edit the
hosts file.

in windows it looks abit like this

127.0.0.1 localhost

You want to add the line


127.0.0.1 localhost
000.000.000.000 your.site.com

Where 000.000.000.000 is your server IP


Hope this helps and I found it to be a lot cheaper!


Chris

kick-butt.co.uk

"Dave Henson" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi
>
> I am new to this group so I hope you don't mind me jumping straight in with a question. My ADSL modem blew up
> yesterday (probably something to do with the heat). I bought a new one this morning and got it set up on both my PCs.
> The modem is a Zoom X5.
>
> However, there is one problem that, according to the company's technical support cannot be overcome, so I have to get
> a new modem.
>
> I run email marketing software on my PC to send out permission-based emails for my clients. In the process of testing
> an email campaign I send the emails to myself so that I can test the links in the email. The links in the emails go
> back to my PC via port 81 which I have opened on the modem. But when I now click on the links I get 'Page cannot be
> displayed'. Recipients outside my network are still able to click on a link without any problems.
>
> I am told by Zoom's tech support that the reason I cannot link through is that the modem does not support local
> loopback and that there is no way round this.
>
> So I need to urgently get hold of a modem that does support this. I have done a search but to no avail so I am hoping
> that someone here might be able to help or give me some advice.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Dave Henson.
>
>
>

A spammer asking for advice. heh. goto hell asshole.

"nick" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
> "Dave Henson" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Hi
>>
>> I am new to this group so I hope you don't mind me jumping straight in
>> with a question. My ADSL modem blew up yesterday (probably something to
>> do with the heat). I bought a new one this morning and got it set up on
>> both my PCs. The modem is a Zoom X5.
>>
>> However, there is one problem that, according to the company's technical
>> support cannot be overcome, so I have to get a new modem.
>>
>> I run email marketing software on my PC to send out permission-based
>> emails for my clients. In the process of testing an email campaign I send
>> the emails to myself so that I can test the links in the email. The links
>> in the emails go back to my PC via port 81 which I have opened on the
>> modem. But when I now click on the links I get 'Page cannot be
>> displayed'. Recipients outside my network are still able to click on a
>> link without any problems.
>>
>> I am told by Zoom's tech support that the reason I cannot link through is
>> that the modem does not support local loopback and that there is no way
>> round this.
>>
>> So I need to urgently get hold of a modem that does support this. I have
>> done a search but to no avail so I am hoping that someone here might be
>> able to help or give me some advice.
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>> Dave Henson.
>>
>>
>>
>
> A spammer asking for advice. heh. goto hell asshole.
>
>
Thank you for such a measured response. Maybe you chose to ignore the phrase
'permission-based' in my post. The email marketing campaigns I run are for
clients whose email lists are all opt-in or subscriber-based. These clients
include a top PR company and a UK government department.

BTW thanks to the other posters for your responses. If my brain hadn't been
so fuzzed on Friday I'd have probably realised that it would make sense to
replace my existing Draytek 2600 with the same or similar model rather than
trying to go for something cheaper.