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Netgear router ..port forwarding problem

Hi all,
I would greatly appreciate if someone could help me with port forwarding problem.
Env Details
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1. Router MR814 Netgear. I upgraded firmware to 4.11
2. Three computers connected to the router
3. Apache 1.3.x running on port 80 on one of the computer
4. Adelphia broadband ISP provider. Dynamic IP..

What works
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I can connect to my router's remote management from an external IP

Problem
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I am trying to run a web server by doing port forwarding to the machine running Apache.
I tried different port numbers, with no success

I would greatly appreciate if somone could help me with this problem. I have been trying to fix this for almost 2 weeks now..

EschbacherG

Just a clarification question:

You've tried this situation:

- Apache on port 12345 on your PC
- you connect to your router from outside to a url like http:\\24.55.55.55:12345
- you also have port forwarding to your internal IP address?

One thing you could try is to change the netgear management interface to a different port. It could be that it's getting confused as to who should get port 80: netgear or forward it to your apache server inside.

amanthin

ASKER

I figured out the problem. It was my fault, I gave the same port number to remote administration of my router, and my apache webserver.
Thanks,
Ashok Manthina.

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