On 10/16/01 9:22 PM, Pete Stephenson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

>> Sunday, I installed a Linksys DSL router. SIMS remained where it was. The
>> Linksys router was configure to make the system with SIMS the "DMZ host"
>> meaning all traffic from outside to well-known ports is directed to that
>> host.
> 
> Interesting. I run SIMS from behind a Linksys router (the one with
> the 4-port switch and wireless antennas, cost a pretty penny, but is
> worth every cent) and didn't bother with the DMZ.
> 
> Since I have local access to the machine and just needed it
> accessible to the world in case I needed to send mail from elsewhere,
> I just told the router to forward ports 25 and 110 to the box with
> SIMS (i.e. I don't need to change passwords remotely, so I didn't
> open the port). It works flawlessly.

I'll try that next time I try it (probably this weekend). I can't imagine it
would make a difference though.

>> For the most part, everything worked as expected. Except mail to two
>> different destinations wouldn't go out most of the time. The biggest problem
>> was to mediaone.net where it would never go. I set SIMS logging to "All
>> info" where I found that the messages were getting sent, then it appears
>> timing out after sending the terminating dot to close out the message.
> 
> Weird.
> 
> 
>> I went back to using IPNetRouter and the messages went out promptly.
>> 
>> Any ideas what might be going on?
> 
> What version of the firmware for your router are you using? If not
> the latest version, considering upgrading -- just get a TFTP client
> (I use MacTFTP) and download the drivers from the Linksys site.

I believe it's the latest. I can't check right now though (to avoid
reconfiguring everything else, whatever is acting as the router gets the .1
address. So I can't put the Linksys back on-line without shutting down
IPNetRouter and switching some cables around).

BTW, FWIW, I also have Norton Personal Firewall (DoorStop rebranded) running
on the SIMS/IPNetRouter system. But that was true before too.

-- Larry Stone
   [EMAIL PROTECTED]
   http://www.stonejongleux.com/
   


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