Huawei B618s-22d Hosting (TelkomSA)

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Hi Everyone,

Hope you are well?

I was wondering if someone know how to host a website on the title mentioned LTE router. For a school project

So far i have manage to set up a DDNS (Pic below)
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After that step I set up the Virtual Server (Pic Below)
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When I serve the page from an outside network I get this page (Pic below)

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Which is not working properly. If I visit the IP address in my local network. The page is served correctly (Pic Below)
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I followed this Youtube video :

The router version details:
Software version: 11.195.03.01.1232
Web UI version: 21.100.39.00.03

My I.T knowledge and experience is really limited. Any solutions or hints would be much appreciated...

Salute!
 

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My first instinct would be to sort out the SSL issue (aka open up the site without the s in https://xxx.no-ip.com or bypass the error, probably possible under the learn more link).

In any case, why are you hosting the project at home? Is that part of the project? You can get free hosting out there on the internet ... much less hassle and much more secure than exposing your PC on the internet.
 
I found part of the solution at : https://mybroadband.co.za/news/cellular/259519-telkom-internet-apn-changes-implemented.html

ld13 said:
My first instinct would be to sort out the SSL issue (aka open up the site without the s in https://xxx.no-ip.com or bypass the error, probably possible under the learn more link).

In any case, why are you hosting the project at home? Is that part of the project? You can get free hosting out there on the internet ... much less hassle and much more secure than exposing your PC on the internet.
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The course / scope of the project is to host a full website (with a db). I had done something a while back with adsl router... But it would seem LTE / wireless is a whole other story...
 
I assume that hosting would be easier on e.g. Vodacom that has a very specific unrestricted APN that specifically caters for instances like this.
 
ld13 said:
I assume that hosting would be easier on e.g. Vodacom that has a very specific unrestricted APN that specifically caters for instances like this.
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The solution (dont know for how long) was to use Telkom 'unrestricted' APN. That seem to enable ports 80, 1433 and 3389. :D

Now I just need to setup everything!
 
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1. Unrestricted APN, of course if you do Web hosting.

2. Telkom do not allow server hosting (incl. WEB servers) on some packages (esp. unlimited cellular). On these packages Telkom do a deep packet inspection, so changing port number on the router to non-standard do not bypass restriction (method described in #3 do not work). It you are on Telkom, check your T&C.

3. You do open ports 80 on the router, but getting certificate error. It means your Web server redirects to https, you should open port 443 instead. Port 443 is standard for https, but you can change https port on Web server or translate port number on the router.

4. If you want to force your browser to use specific TCP port, append your URL with a colon followed by port number, like here (5555 is a port number):
http://example.com:5555/
 
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FWIW I have done exactly this and had no issues with a RAIN SIM card. I was using a Linux server and ddclient though, not sure about how IIS works.

The no-ip route you're trying to take should work but I didn't use it for a website, only to SSH into my home computer from outside so I can't comment on that.

Note that on a dynamic DNS arrangement, every time your IP address changes it will take a while for the DNS records to update. As I understand it, Telkom shuffles their IP addresses of the clients quite quickly, though I stand under correction.
 
As for a status update, it is still working fine (experimented with rdp and mssql connections), just slow. But then again what to expect (Its for free, kinda)

sajunky said:
2. Telkom do not allow server hosting (incl. WEB servers) on some packages (esp. unlimited cellular). On these packages Telkom do a deep packet inspection, so changing port number on the router to non-standard do not bypass restriction (method described in #3 do not work). It you are on Telkom, check your T&C.
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I have a pay as you go package (SmartBroadband Wireless Prepaid). I`m not sure if I break any T&C here. Will need to go and read.

sajunky said:
3. You do open ports 80 on the router, but getting certificate error. It means your Web server redirects to https, you should open port 443 instead. Port 443 is standard for https, but you can change https port on Web server or translate port number on the router.
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I got this fixed, it sort of resolved itself when I switched to the unrestricted APN. Not entirely sure tho (Then again my I.T knowledge is really limiting)

newby_investor said:
Note that on a dynamic DNS arrangement, every time your IP address changes it will take a while for the DNS records to update. As I understand it, Telkom shuffles their IP addresses of the clients quite quickly, though I stand under correction.
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From when I changed to the 'unrestricted' APN, my public IP address stayed the same (Roughly two days now).

Thank you all for the feedback. It is these things you don`t learn in school!
 
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