angad_singh
Newbie
Hi guys. I have joined this forum for getting some help. Im in a critical situation.
Im using Airtel DSL connection (128k plan) from the last 4 days. Im extremely happy with the speed they give. 16 KBps upload and 16 KBps download.
I thought of using the unutilized upload stream for some useful purpose! like hosting a web server, ftp server, and mail server.
Airtel has given me the cheap YOZAN ADSL to Ethernet Router.
The problem is that when I connect to my ip address (which I obtain from What's My IP Address? Networking Tools & More) from any browser, it opens up the DSL Modem's configuration page (Web Distributor II), even when my web server (apache) is running on port 80. Actually the basic theory is that the DSL modem acts as a gateway and my computer is just a LAN device with a LAN ip (192.168.1.2) and the ip of the gateway is set up as 192.168.1.1. The admin of the DSL modem should only open up by connecting to 192.168.1.1 (As in connecting to the gateway inside the LAN). So, my computer's identity to the outside world is resolved through the gateway, whenever I connect or download to/from the internet. So, when I open my ip from my browser (like 203.101.10.116) then it requests the DSL modem which it opens it's own internal firmware based web server (Web Distributor II) instead of opening mine.
I surfed the net a bit to find more about this....
Take a look at :
People there had the same problem with better DSL modem's/routers. They say, that the workaround to the problem would be to disable the Remote Admin feature of the DSL modem, or to setup up port forwarding on port 80. Firstly, when I go to the System>Remote Access page of the stupid Web Distributor II software, it says "Please configure NAT before using this page". Secondly, there is no option of port forwarding in this admin interface.
Please help me if you know what's going on (bcoz im totally confused now!!)??
Im using Airtel DSL connection (128k plan) from the last 4 days. Im extremely happy with the speed they give. 16 KBps upload and 16 KBps download.
I thought of using the unutilized upload stream for some useful purpose! like hosting a web server, ftp server, and mail server.
Airtel has given me the cheap YOZAN ADSL to Ethernet Router.
The problem is that when I connect to my ip address (which I obtain from What's My IP Address? Networking Tools & More) from any browser, it opens up the DSL Modem's configuration page (Web Distributor II), even when my web server (apache) is running on port 80. Actually the basic theory is that the DSL modem acts as a gateway and my computer is just a LAN device with a LAN ip (192.168.1.2) and the ip of the gateway is set up as 192.168.1.1. The admin of the DSL modem should only open up by connecting to 192.168.1.1 (As in connecting to the gateway inside the LAN). So, my computer's identity to the outside world is resolved through the gateway, whenever I connect or download to/from the internet. So, when I open my ip from my browser (like 203.101.10.116) then it requests the DSL modem which it opens it's own internal firmware based web server (Web Distributor II) instead of opening mine.
I surfed the net a bit to find more about this....
Take a look at :
People there had the same problem with better DSL modem's/routers. They say, that the workaround to the problem would be to disable the Remote Admin feature of the DSL modem, or to setup up port forwarding on port 80. Firstly, when I go to the System>Remote Access page of the stupid Web Distributor II software, it says "Please configure NAT before using this page". Secondly, there is no option of port forwarding in this admin interface.
Please help me if you know what's going on (bcoz im totally confused now!!)??
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