Hi all,
I decided to experiment with creating a home network, using a spare computer with 9.04 installed as a server. Like many people, I've got a router sharing my ADSL connection, so all the computers at my home have 192.168.2.xx IP addresses.
I've got everything working so that within the network (i.e., at home) I can view webpages from my server, ssh into it, and connect with SAMBA, if I use the internal IP address (currently 192.168.2.8). To be honest, I'm feeling pretty pleased with myself - especially for getting SAMBA working!
The issue is connecting to the server from outside. I have set up port forwarding on my router so that requests that reach it from outside on parts 80 (http), 21 (ftp) and 22 (ssh) get directed to the server. And, indeed, from outside my home I can view webpages from the server either by going to the router's external IP address or by visiting a domain name which points to this. I can also ssh using the same routes. But at the moment I can't work out how to access SAMBA from outside the house.
Any of you experts got a suggestion? I'm clearly overlooking something, but am enough of a network noob that I can't work out what it is.
I decided to experiment with creating a home network, using a spare computer with 9.04 installed as a server. Like many people, I've got a router sharing my ADSL connection, so all the computers at my home have 192.168.2.xx IP addresses.
I've got everything working so that within the network (i.e., at home) I can view webpages from my server, ssh into it, and connect with SAMBA, if I use the internal IP address (currently 192.168.2.8). To be honest, I'm feeling pretty pleased with myself - especially for getting SAMBA working!
The issue is connecting to the server from outside. I have set up port forwarding on my router so that requests that reach it from outside on parts 80 (http), 21 (ftp) and 22 (ssh) get directed to the server. And, indeed, from outside my home I can view webpages from the server either by going to the router's external IP address or by visiting a domain name which points to this. I can also ssh using the same routes. But at the moment I can't work out how to access SAMBA from outside the house.
Any of you experts got a suggestion? I'm clearly overlooking something, but am enough of a network noob that I can't work out what it is.
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