[Tfug] HALP! DynDNS nightmare, again...

[Jordan Aberle]

np


-Jordan

On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 7:35 PM, Jim March <1.jim.march at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 6:49 PM, Angus Scott-Fleming
> <angussf at geoapps.com> wrote:
> > On 23 Nov 2009 at 4:04, Jim March  wrote:
> >
> >> > or like this:
> >> >
> >> > Internet <-> ISP Modem/Router <-> Dlink DIR-628 <-> LAN
> >>
> >> Like that.  Coax Comcast line coming into a Motorola cable modem, then
> >> Ethernet to a Dlink router, then WiFi to computer.
> >>
> >> Another thing...
> >>
> >> Jordan suggested an alternative to DynDNS.  But...I have a bad feeling
> >> about that.
> >>
> >> See, if I go to the Windows machine and go to "whatismyipaddress.com"
> >> I get a valid number (72.x.x.x - I forget the exact number).  Same one
> >> the Dlink says is going on, at the router's console via 192.168.0.1.
> >> On the internal LAN, the DLink is doing DHCP up through .199 by
> >> default, so I have this computer set to .200 via static addressing.
> >> And I have the DLink set to forward port 5900 and several other remote
> >> console typical port numbers to the .200 address inside the router.
> >
> >> Great.
> >>
> >> I also have DynDNS set to do a "friendly name" sorta like
> >> "userspecific.dyndns.com".  When I try and remote connect via
> >> "userspecific.dyndns.com" it fails.
> >>
> >> BUT it also fails on 72.x.x.x - which means DynDNS isn't my problem,
> >> is it?  Something else is going on!?
> >
> > Correct, DynDNS isn't your problem.
> >
> > If you temporarily enable WAN administration on the DLink, can you get to
> it
> > from outside?
>
> Ummm...didn't try that...
>
> > If you hook the PC directly to the Internet, bypassing the router, can
> you
> > reach it from the outside with UltraVNC?  You will need to power-cycle
> the
> > cable modem to get it to provide an IP address to the PC's NIC, otherwise
> it
> > will only provision the DLink.
>
> Yeah, I know how that works, but it's a 50ft WiFi run to the router.
> I could have moved the desktop PC involved (complete with 22"
> flatscreen) I guess but...meh.  Too annoying.
>
> > If you can reach the PC from outside, or if you can administer the DLink
> from
> > outside, I would suspect something is wrong with the router's
> port-forwarding
> > configuration.  If not that, then maybe there's something funky about the
> > router.  Do you have another one you can drop in place temporarily?
>
> No again, unfortunately.
>
> Again, the weirdest part was, I could ping it from a Linux box, not
> from another Windows box.
>
> >> Looking at it again, Jordan suggests:
> >>
> >> https://secure.logmein.com/US/products/free/features.aspx
> >>
> >> ...which seems to use a different sort of protocol than uVNC.
> >> So...yeah, worth trying, bigtime.
> >>
> >> I'd still like to know what went wrong with the conventional approach
> >> though.
> >
> > Biggest problems with LogMeIn Free are (1) the lack of file transfer and
> > printing services and (2) no business use.  If your client is at all
> savvy, he
> > can use YouSendIt or DropBox or any one of the many free online storage
> > locations to transfer files to himself.
>
> Well, logmein DID work and is adequate for this task.  So...case
> closed.  Esp. since the user is about a half hour out...and a bit of a
> technophobe.
>
> It works now, so...stick a fork in it, it's done.  I must say though,
> logmein wasn't a bad answer.
>
> Thanks Justin!
>
> Jim
>
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