OK. Now I see. Of course! Thanks!
(Since I'm viewing the website using http://www.mySite.com
not http://172.17.42.18 , I need to go thru the router.)
best, paul
At 06:24 PM 3/4/01 -0500, you wrote:
> > Thanks! Pretty bizarre.
> >
> > Workstation/browser is at 172.17.42.22
> > CFAS is at 172.17.42.18
> >
> > And I have to put the public IP of my router (209.144.180.17)
> > in the CFAS admin dialog for debugging to work!
> >
> > In summary, the CFAS Admin for debugging contains 2 IP addresses:
> > 172.17.42.22 & 209.144.180.17
> >
> > Can someone please explain this?
>
>If your router is providing network address translation services, and your
>workstation is going through that router to reach the CF server, then your
>internal IP address (the one actually bound to your NIC) isn't what the CF
>server sees. After all, that's the point of NAT - to allow you to use many
>private IP addresses internally, while presenting one public IP address
>externally.
>
>Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software
>http://www.figleaf.com/
>voice: (202) 797-5496
>fax: (202) 797-5444
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