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Accessing network's external ip from inside of the network

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crazeinc

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Using a Compaq iPAQ Connection Point 2W wireless router:

My laptop is at 192.168.1.115, with a server running on port 3000. I have port forwarding on the router setup to point to this port.

For the purposes of this question, lets say the external ip is 169.10.10.17.

When I tried accessing 169.10.10.17:3000, I kept getting connection refused, so I thought it was configured wrong. But, when my friend (outside of the network) accessed the ip, it worked fine. You're probably wondering why not just use 192.168.1.115:3000, but I need the external ip because I'm using dyndns for Google maps development.

Anybody know how I can access the external ip from a computer inside of the network? This is a pain, my old Linksys didn't have this problem.
 
It does not work this way when you are using Entry Level Cable/DSL Router.

I actaully keep an inexpensive Dialup so I can test my system from the outside.

:sun:
 
It doesn't work that way? My linksys router cost like $50 and worked accessing the external ip from an internal computer.
 
Yes, my little speedstream I just got rid of would let you through to WAN addresses, even if they were local to the LAN you were currently on.

That router, the 2Wire, may be your limitation here though. Get that Linksys back. 😉
 
I sorta lied, I'm staying at my girlfriend's place for a while. She has the iPAQ, my linksys is at home, so I can't get it back 😉
 
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