router / network help needed

[Rallispec]

i'm on my college's network, using a d-link 713p wireless gateway / router...

on my router configuration menu- the IP adress is 147.138.xxx.xxx --
my LAN IP adress is 192.168.0.1-
which means that both of my computers hooked up through the router have 192.168.0.xxx IP adresses--

now say i want to run a server or some other application like that how do i set it up so that computers outside of my local network will able to see my computer.. (becuase right now pinging my laptop {192.168.0.112}.. obviously its going to time out) I want to give my laptop a real ip adress-- 147.138.something.... or at least make it visible to outside computers...

have i confused anyone yet? i think i've confused myself... if you need more info just ask and i'll see what i can do, i'm kinda new to this and still just learning the basics...

if anybody can help me figure this out it would be much apreciated.

thanks in advance

~dan

 

[ojai00]

I think you'd have to set up your computer as a DMZ host to do what you want. Setting up your computer as the DMZ will put it outside the router so the outside world can access your computer. You should be able to ping your computers while they're inside the router as well, I'm not sure what kind of problem you're having there though. Hope this helps.

 

[blstriker]

I think what you want to do is have your box seen by the internet? In that case, all you have to do is enable port forwarding on your router so that requests to your server are passed through the router and directed to the proper box on your lan. Your server can keep the 192.. address, the router will direct traffic to the correct box.

People run servers behind routers like this all the time.

 

[Rallispec]

<< I think you'd have to set up your computer as a DMZ host to do what you want. Setting up your computer as the DMZ will put it outside the router so the outside world can access your computer. You should be able to ping your computers while they're inside the router as well, I'm not sure what kind of problem you're having there though. Hope this helps. >>



how do i set it up as the DMZ host?

blstriker, i dont see anything about port forwarding--- but it has a 'virtual server' which looks like it may be similar? I'll take a look at it but i really have no clue how to set it up-- and the manual didnt say anything about it either.

 

[Rallispec]

blstriker-- IT WORKED! how did i miss something so easy?
-- thanks for the help

 

[blstriker]

Yes, the virtual server thing is the same as port forwarding. Glad to hear it works.