On 10/16/01 10:07 PM, Larry Stone at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> 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.

Well, I did a quick test tonight. If I sent directly to a problem recipient,
it went fine. But when the message went through Macjordomo (mailing list
software), I saw the same problem of hanging and timing out when closing the
message (I should have mentioned earlier that Macjordomo was involved).

>>> 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).

1.39.1 (dated 7/19). There is a later version out.

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


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