[brokecollegestudentF04]

Alright, I finally did a complete OS X Panther server install, I have a belkin 54G router with a static IP, i used the DDNS service in the router, and placed my server in the DMZ..

Im using DTDNS for my DDNS Server

this is my set up

--cable modem-- static IP
--OS X Server- IP 192.168.2.5-- Placed In DMZ of the router

I cant seem to get the Server to be seen from the outside world.. ive pinged my static IP from the public library and it responds from the router but thats about it

Im at a loss with this

[Tuoder]

You can't be seen for a reason, you are behind a router, and not directly connected to the internet. How exactly do you want to be seen? Are you hosting a website? FTP server?

[brokecollegestudentF04]

web mail and ftp server to just mess around, I placed the IP of the server in the DMZ of the router
so in theory with the IP of the server in the DMZ it should work fine

[zwiebel_]

First, why do you use DDNS?
Second, if you have a static IP, you should use the provided DNS addresses with the static IP, i.e. in the router config page enter your IP and DNS (for WAN).
For the LAN setup, use the 192.168.x.x address range, with the above DNS addresses. In other words, move your server out of the DMZ (generally a bad way to provide WAN services), give your server a static IP in the 192.168.x.x. range, enter provided DNS info, and enable the servers Firewall.
From the router, configure the NAT to the server and the desired services (FTP - port 21 or 22, Web - port 80, etc. Double check your Firewall settings for the ports you want WAN accessible.

That should do it.

[Sherman Homan]

You do have a second ethernet card in that puppy, right?!

[Tuoder]

Originally Posted by zwiebel_ 

First, why do you use DDNS?
Second, if you have a static IP, you should use the provided DNS addresses with the static IP, i.e. in the router config page enter your IP and DNS (for WAN).
For the LAN setup, use the 192.168.x.x address range, with the above DNS addresses. In other words, move your server out of the DMZ (generally a bad way to provide WAN services), give your server a static IP in the 192.168.x.x. range, enter provided DNS info, and enable the servers Firewall.
From the router, configure the NAT to the server and the desired services (FTP - port 21 or 22, Web - port 80, etc. Double check your Firewall settings for the ports you want WAN accessible.

That should do it.

nailed it

[brokecollegestudentF04]

I set my router up for remote admin then went to my sisters to try and get to it with my IP and it still wouldnt even let me get that. Ive opened the ports in the router for web mail and ftp and it still wont let the outside world see it, now i can send stuff out of the server but thats about it

[Sherman Homan]

When you say that you have set your router up for remote admin, do you mean remote admin to control the router? Or remote admin to control the server? Sounds like incoming requests are dying at the router. Why not let the Mac be the router? What about that second ethernet card?!

[brokecollegestudentF04]

I tried setting up NAT in mac os x server, i couldnt figure it out, so if anyone knows how to set up NAT in OS X server im more than willing to give it a shot,

I set up the router so i could remotely change settings from anywhere on the net and i tried going to my IP at my sisters and even the router setup wouldnt pop up

[Tuoder]

NAT is configured on the router. It might be called virtual servers or something silly like that, but it is a table of values. It tells where exterior traffic should go to on the inside. Can you locate such a table in the router set up?