Hosting a server behind NAT

[Maximus]

I'm pulling my freeken hair out! Since last year July I have not been able to succesfully host a server on my LAN which needs to be accessable to the outside world. I have a (Conexant) Planet ADE3000 ADSL router modem.

Let's say my modem is setup as a DHCP server at IP 10.0.0.2 (config HTTP access on port 85). Let's say my server PC is setup as a DHCP client at IP 10.0.0.20 and I want to host a web server on port 80.

This is what I have tried:
- Setting up a Virtual Server, public port 80, private port 80, Host IP: 10.0.0.20. This didn't work.
- Not one of the following worked: Setting up NAT/NAPT/Dynamic NAPT (both on Ip Pvc and simple PPP interface) pointing to IP 10.0.0.20.
- Setting up a DMZ pointing to 10.0.0.20 didn't work.
- Having a fixed host server IP didn't work.
- Making double-triple-triple sure that my Firewall is not blocking outside access to the webserver didn't help.
- Making triple sure my webserver service is running and accessable through the LAN didn't help.
- Kissing the PC open mouth didn't work.
- Begging on my knees in front of my PC didn't work.
- Shaking my monitor until it blurred didn't work.

All I get is the typical IE error: "page cannot be displayed".

WTF is up!!!??? Please help me, someone!!!

 

[DarkSkies]

The only thing you usually need to do is port forwarding, although if you set up a DMZ on the server address that should have worked.

I am off course assuming your not doing something silly like trying to access your webserver using the 10.0.0.20 address from the Internet.

 

[Karnaugh]

Also, you need to check from a PC that is not connected to the internet - PNAT routing is external only, so you if you connect to your external IP from the LAN, you will not see anything - but other people will.

 

[Karnaugh]

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