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Re: Port mapping

From: Suzanne Swift
Date: Thursday, February 7, 2002
Time: 5:34:13 pm

Chris-

I finally got around to trying to implement my backup DNS. When I attempt
to connect to my
DNS server, ns2.infoedg.com, I get a message "Unable to connect to the
server... ". Any last ideas before I give up and request a static ip
address?

Suzanne

>At 11:18 AM +0800 10/31/01, Suzanne Swift wrote:
>>I recently put in a DSL line which I plan to run a backup DNS/email server
>>on. Instead of giving me a "real" ip address, the company, MegaPath, said
>>they would do port mapping. They gave me one ip address to register with
>>the internic and another to configure on my machine and said they would
>>route all activity to my machine. Will this work with QuickDNS?
>
>Yes, it should work, at least mostly. However, ask them if you'll be
>able to connect using the public IP address from the inside. If the
>answer is "no", then you'll have trouble connecting to this server
>from QuickDNS Manager if Manager is run on that or any other machine
>on whatever subnet MegaPath is giving you.
>____________________________________________________________________
>Chris Buxton Men & Mice
>support@menandmice.com Making DNS Easy






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