Jason, I strongly suspect that something in addition to forwarding ports was
done that you're not telling us, or you don't consider significant. For
instance, when one does port forwarding, it's not considered a good idea to
forward to an IP address which is on DHCP behind the router, because it
might move and you lose your outside connectivity. And, most home networks
are set up in the most 'out of the box' fashion, which usually includes
DHCP. If you switched your computer from DHCP to static ip (which is likely
if you're doing port forwarding), you'll need to manually add DNS server
entries into your TCP/IP settings on that computer. You can get those
usually from any other box which is currently on the internet successfully,
as those are pulled by DHCP.
I also note that when you say you 'can't ping' anything outside the lan, you
didn't mention what the result was. "Can't ping" might include the
following errors:
'request timed out'
'destination net unreachable'
'unknown host [hostname]'
'TTL expired in transit'
All of those have VERY different meanings and actually tell a whole story as
to what might be going wrong. For instance, if you're getting 'request
timed out', that means that your packets aren't even going out, and it's
possible that you can;'t ping anything else on the lan. Make sure you don't
have ANY local firewalls (including built in one's with Windows). They
often cause more trouble than they solve. If you're getting 'destination
net unreachable', that could mean that you've got a bad subnet mask, or
you've got a bogus local ip on either the desktop, or other devices on the
lan. If you get 'unknown host', then you've more than likely got a DNS
problem, see my discussion about DHCP vs. Static above.
Paul
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"Jason" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:WfCdnU4qLLH52zfcRVn-(E-Mail Removed)...
> I forwarded the default ports. and I didn't do anything else to the
router.
> Pretty much all the defaults are in place.
>
> "Ook" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:zeqdnU9asfmXhjfcRVn-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Which ports did you forward? What else did you do to the router? The
> > netgear has a very limited nat table, and if you are doing anything that
> > fills it up, you will intermittently loose internet connectivity.
> >
> > "Jason" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:E6idnbQo_9S79DTcRVn-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >>I configured my Netgear RP614 router for remote access by forwarding the
> >>appropriate ports and enabling the service. I tested remote desktop from
> >>my wifes computer and it works great but now the host computer can't
> >>access the internet. I tried a few command line tests to see what the
> >>problem is and I could ping anything outside the LAN. Once I removed the
> >>port forwarding on the router I can get out to the internet. I'm new at
> >>this. Can anyone with experience help me?
> >>
> >
> >
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