MN700 Forwarding

Hello

I have read some of the posts here in the ng about the MN700 port
forwarding not doing a loopback when trying to reach a webserver located
on the LAN. I just want to make sure I have everything correctly setup.
I have configured my machine with a fixed (192.168.x.x) IP address and
am able to browse the internet. I have configured the external A record
for my website to point to my DSL IP. I have configured the port
forwarding for port 80 and 443 to forward to the address I have assigned
my web server. I have turned off Block ICMP. When I try to ping the
URL from another computer on the network I get a request timed out, and
when I try the URL from another computer it does not display the web
page. Is this because of the lack of loopback support ? If I try from
a computer outside my network will the webpage display?

Thanks for any help.

john

Accessing the web server with the external host name/port forwarding from
within your own network will fail.
However, it should work from outside your network (i.e. the internet).

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"John Wildes" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hello
>
> I have read some of the posts here in the ng about the MN700 port
> forwarding not doing a loopback when trying to reach a webserver located
> on the LAN. I just want to make sure I have everything correctly setup.
> I have configured my machine with a fixed (192.168.x.x) IP address and
> am able to browse the internet. I have configured the external A record
> for my website to point to my DSL IP. I have configured the port
> forwarding for port 80 and 443 to forward to the address I have assigned
> my web server. I have turned off Block ICMP. When I try to ping the
> URL from another computer on the network I get a request timed out, and
> when I try the URL from another computer it does not display the web
> page. Is this because of the lack of loopback support ? If I try from
> a computer outside my network will the webpage display?
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
> john