[Xitami] Dynamic IP... is anyone else using it?

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What are you using for router, box, or internet connection sharing?

Jack Breon

----- Original Message -----
From: "Carl J. Elitz" <reds@chicagonet.net>
To: <xitami@lists.xitami.org>
Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001 11:16 PM
Subject: RE: [Xitami] Dynamic IP... is anyone else using it?


> The only feature I have not been able to implement with Xitami using the
TZO
> client is FTP. I was trying to get the integrated DDNS function in Xitami
to
> work only because I thought it might resolve my FTP problem. Perhaps my
real
> problem with FTP is that I am also behind a router? Any help you could
give
> me with that issue, Stephen, -or anyone else-, would be greatly
appreciated.
>
> ROUTER ISSUE:
>
> My machine, like Stephen's machine, is part of a netork, but only a small
> one consisting of my machine and another machine used to play occassional
> two-player games. All unsolicited internet traffic is routed to my main
> machine - as determined by a setting in the router software. Can anyone
> suggest a reason why the Xitami web server works to serve web pages to
> people outside my network, but won't work to serve FTP? The TZO tech
support
> people have been nice, but unable to help with this, suggesting that the
> problem may be my Xitami settings. They say that their FTP client keeps
> getting 192.168.1.2 as my machine's IP address (my machine's local IP)
when
> they hit my site (when the TZO client is running), instead of the dynamic
> address assigned by my ISP.
>
> I have read everything I can about my router, but have found no obvious
> settings which would tell it to treat FTP traffic in a certain way. The
> router is a 3Com router and is configured via a web page interface, so the
> emphasis of the router software is on keeping things simple. I was
concerned
> that the router wasn't designed to do what I'm doing in mind, but the good
> news is that I have found that I can telnet to my router's IP address, and
> that there are many "unimplemented" text commands that can change the
> router's settings, if necessary. I would obviously rather run just Xitami
if
> possible, rather than Xitami and the TZO client.
>
> DDNS ISSUE:
>
> The router may be the ultimate solution to my problem, but even so, it
does
> not explain why the Xitami DDNS feature is not working with TZO, or
explain
> the rather cryptic error messages I am getting from Xitami. I am still
> curious about that. I don't think this feature is well implemented.
>
> DNS SERVER:
>
> Thanks, Stephen, for the suggestion about http://www.jhsoft.com/. I
reviewed
> the pages there, but don't think this is an issue for me. As I understand
> it, a DNS server would be something I would be interested in if I had a
lot
> of machines on my side of the router, right? My current network setting in
> Windows ME is "DNS disabled."
>
> TESTING MY OWN WEB PAGE/FTP PAGE:
>
> Finally, someone told me that, because I was behind a router, I simply
> cannot visit my own machine through the internet. In other words, although
I
> can hit http://192.168.1.2 or "trick" my machine into taking me to my own
> web page by mapping my domain to this IP through the "hosts" file, there
is
> no way for me to test my site as people on the other side of the router
> would see it. This has been very frustrating because Xitami works
> beautifully on this side of the router. It's only when I get involved in
the
> dynamic IP stuff that things don't work.
>
> I've been playing with this for more than 3 weeks now with almost no luck.
> It's been really frustrating, so I REALLY appreciate any help I get on
this.
> The thing that has me most confused is that the Web pages serve, the FTP
> won't. What gives?
>
> Thanks.
>
> -Carl.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: xitami-admin@lists.xitami.org
> [mailto:xitami-admin@lists.xitami.org]On Behalf Of Stephen Roberts
> Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001 8:01 PM
> To: xitami@lists.xitami.org
> Subject: Re: [Xitami] Dynamic IP... is anyone else using it?
>
>
> Carl my IP address is dynamic also.  I am also using TZO to resolve the
> dynamic IP issue and have been successful in running Xitami behind a
> router.  I never bothered to setup the DDNS feature in Xitami since I am
> already running the TZO client on my server.  Since I am on a network and
> behind a router I am also using a DNS server which allows me to
> access "MYDomain.com" from any pc on my network.  "Simple DNS' located at
> http://www.jhsoft.com/ offers a solution for this, remember also that if
> you're using a router you will have to map port 80 to the machine that
> you're running Xitami on.
>
> Stephen.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Carl J. Elitz" <reds@chicagonet.net>
> To: <xitami@lists.xitami.org>
> Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2001 21:20:07 -0600
> Subject: [Xitami] Dynamic IP... is anyone else using it?
>
> > I am using xitami v2.5b4 and have had no luck getting the DDNS feature
> > to
> > work. Is anyone using this that might be able to lend a hand? I am
> > using
> > TZO.com and have not been able to get the server to connect to TZO's
> > machine
> > and retreive my dynamic IP.
> >
> > The configuration page in Xitami gives me the "In progress... check
> > console
> > messages" response whenever I try to sign on. In the message section, I
> > get
> > the following log entries:
> >
> > 2001/11/10 19:31:02: xiddns: sending DDNS sign-on
> > 2001/11/10 19:31:02: xiddns: 'localhost': HTTP/1.1 404 Not found
> >
> > I also have noticed that I can't get the console to keep my settings.
> > They
> > return to the default settings whenever I leave the DDNS page, even if
> > I hit
> > the "save" button.
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
> > -Carl.
> >
> >
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