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Anonymous

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Accessing my coldfusion server via my computers external ip address

Forum|Forum|19 years ago
November 2, 2006
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Hello all;
I just got a new computer and i need help setting up my coldfusion server so that it is accessable to others via my computer's external ip address (as received from whatismyip.com). My server is configured and working ( http://127.0.0.1:8500/ displays its root directory just fine) and i already set up port forwarding on my router; but http://my-external-ip:8500/ still doesn't work (times out). It worked on my old computer so i know it is possible; but there must be something I am forgetting to do. Btw I am using coldfusion MX 7 on a windows XP machine.
Any help you could offer would be very much appreciated. Thank you very much.

---Skotopia

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Kronin555

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huh. well, I'm all out of ideas. sorry.

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Anonymous

Damn I even tried enabling DMZ and that didnt work either.

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Anonymous

by rules do you just mean other things setup on the router? If that the case my coldfusion one is the only one listed...

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Kronin555

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If there are any rules that have a start port less than 8500 and an end port greater than 8500, it's a conflicting rule.

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Kronin555

Participating Frequently

And you've tried it with absolutely all firewall software on your cf server computer disabled?

If so, I have no other ideas. Something, somewhere, is misconfigured. If it works from inside your router, but not outside, then it could be the router that's misconfigured or your computer is configured to block IPs that aren't coming from the local subnet.

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Anonymous

Yeah; i tried completely disabling my firewall...thanks for all your help; I will let you know if I figure it out.

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Anonymous

New development. I took the router out of the equation and just hooked my cable modem directly to the computer. With this setup when i go to http://externalip:8500/ it works! Therefore the problem must be with my router configuration. Can anyone think of what i possibly need to change? Thank you.

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Anonymous

in case it changes anything here is my coldfusion version info:

Server Product ColdFusion MX
Version 7,0,2,142559
Edition Enterprise (DevNet)
Operating System Windows XP
OS Version 5.1

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Anonymous

Checked it all... there is nothing else to think of? Nothing in my last post sheds any more light? Thanks again..

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Kronin555

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bust out your Linksys router manual and make sure you're setting up your port forwarding correctly. Also, make sure there aren't any other conflicting rules (other rules that apply to port 8500). That's the only thing I can think of.

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Anonymous

Allright, Kronin; the external ip address listed on the linksys page does indeed page that of whatismyip. Also of note is that if i go to http://externalip/ it goes right to my linksys page, just as if i went to http://internalip/ while http://externalip:8500/ times out and http://internalip:8500/ works. Any thoughts?
Thank you again.

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Anonymous

Crap lol; so I am running out of options.

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Anonymous

Okay, I'm heading home now; I'll check the router menu and fiddle with it; hopefully getting it to work. I'll probably be posting again in a few hours once i find out the verdict.

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