Remote Web Access on VT2442

Posts: 4 · Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2006 9:00 am Post subject: Remote Web Access on VT2442

I have a motorola 2442 ATA and although it works well for me the setup and config information available is horrible.

I want to turn on remote Web Access to configure some port forwarding and test it ( since you can't actually test it from inside the network) and I can not for the life of me figure out how to get this working.

The thing that has me baffled is the requirement of a remote IP and netmask? Does this mean you need to have the IP you will be connecting remotely to the ATA from? If so that would make this feature almost completely useless.

Leaving the setting at the default of 0.0.0.0 doesn't seem to work either. Does anyone know how to configure this correctly?

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The IP netmask 0.0.0.0 means any remote IP address is acceptable.

Good luck getting it to work! I had no luck what so ever, despite being able to do that on a SMC router.

I did get once piece of advice (not tested yet); make sure you test your forwarding from a different IP on the internet. I heard that if you just use the router's WAN IP while in the same network, the forward won't work.

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Ron_1999 wrote:

make sure you test your forwarding from a different IP on the internet. I heard that if you just use the router's WAN IP while in the same network, the forward won't work.

You can always try using a proxy.

Posts: 4 · Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2006 9:45 am Post subject:

That is what I though with regard to the IP although the user guide doesn't say it.

Yeah I'm testing from work to avoind teh problem you stated and this is also why you can't test port forwarding from inside the network as well. Which is my whole reason for doing this.

The port I'm trying to set is 96 so that shouldn't be an issue for me. I tried the default 8080 but my cable company blocks some incoming standard ports such as 80 and a few others to keep people from hosting there own sites. It's possible that 8080 is being blocked as well since it is an Alt Http port so I tried 96.

Posts: 4 · Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2006 9:46 am Post subject:

arcking wrote:

You can always try using a proxy.

such as???

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cmpenney wrote:

arcking wrote:

You can always try using a proxy.

such as???

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Posts: 4 · Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2006 9:58 am Post subject:

Thanks.. That should fix my port forwarding testing problem. I'll have teo give that a try tonight when I get home.

But it would still be nice to get the remote web access running. Any ideas for that?