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Unless things have changed, you can not do this with a Cisco router. &nbsp;How about putting an entry in the hosts file on the PC's if you don't want to use a DNS server?
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Unless things have changed, you can not do this with a Cisco router.  How about putting an entry in the hosts file on the PC's if you don't want to use a DNS server?

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Agree with JFrederick29. You simply can't do it with Cisco. <br />
You can only access the service using the private IP address.<br />

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Agree with JFrederick29. You simply can't do it with Cisco.
You can only access the service using the private IP address.


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Oh that really stinks. &nbsp;No a hosts file will not work because I wanted my laptop to work seemlessly inside or outside of the network. &nbsp;Thanks for the info.
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Oh that really stinks.  No a hosts file will not work because I wanted my laptop to work seemlessly inside or outside of the network.  Thanks for the info.

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I have a Cisco 877 router at my house and have a static NAT statement to allow a service out of the public interface. &nbsp;That part works, my problem is that computers on the privet side cannot access the service using the public IP address. &nbsp;I have a Linksys router before and it had a &quot;loopback&quot; option which allowed this to happen, is there a way to configure the Cisco router to do the same thing?<br />
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I know a common work-around is to have a local DNS Server directing clients to the internal address, but I don't have a local DNS server and don't want to install one.
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I have a Cisco 877 router at my house and have a static NAT statement to allow a service out of the public interface.  That part works, my problem is that computers on the privet side cannot access the service using the public IP address.  I have a Linksys router before and it had a "loopback" option which allowed this to happen, is there a way to configure the Cisco router to do the same thing?

I know a common work-around is to have a local DNS Server directing clients to the internal address, but I don't have a local DNS server and don't want to install one.

NAT Loopback on Cisco Router?

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