For some reason I can't see the text of your message here (but it is the email that notified me you responded.)
I'll C&P the relevant portion from the email:
"ip nat inside source static tcp 192.168.2.240 80 interface dialer 1 80
In this example we told the router to publish 192.168.2.240:80 as negotiatedIPFromISP:80
It means, if external users browse: http://yourPublishIP , they'll see your web site."
My response to the above I pray that it works:
It's not a website but a HIKVision security camera system NVR.
Did not know that any private info was there (I thought I took out the one reference - like I said, I have no clue what most of that stuff means.)
Also, I'm going to guess that the "80" in your example needs to be changed to "81" to work for me? (If not I need to know.) While the default for the NVR is 80, I had to change it to 81 as the server in the store is using port 80 to send the daily accounting information to a central unit (which location I will also have to open port 80 on when I get around to getting the boss to spring for a 4321 at that location) and if the NVR is on port 80 it does not work for some reason (don't know why that connection doesn’t work as that the connection is outgoing with its own static target IP address - but it is what it is. Found this out at a store location that has a $30 router that just lets me open ports without any grief - thing is the IP telephone provider we are switching each store to claims they will not support cheaper routers and we had very good luck with an old Cisco 500 (I think it was a 500 something) series router that the boss's store location so we decided to go Cisco for the new units)
I'm also going to assume that I need to duplicate those command for the other port numbers?
The one thing that concerns me with this port forwarding, versus just opening a port, is that I found out the hard way that unless certain ports in the 400's (I forget which ones exactly, but one of the examples/threads here that I read had a similar problem) Outlook will not allow one to forward or respond to an email message - a "new message" has to be created using a C&P of the message wanting to be forwarded or replied to and then sent as a new message (royal pain in the …), BUT, and this is a big but, the IP addresses of those computers can vary depending on which order they, and every other piece of equipment on the Lan, is booted in. I just want the port open without having to create individual port forwarding entries for around 200 potential IP addresses for every port I need opened.
On my router at home, I just tell it what ports I want open, and they are open - it takes me literally 30 seconds. THAT is what I need.
I also do maintenance and by that I mean fixing toilets, replacing broken hot water heaters, replacing broken taps, retiling older floors, hanging new signs etc. - I do not have the time to key in a thousand entries per router (I'm also a one finger typist.)
One reason I'm late in responding to some of my questions here is that I don’t get to that store location for weeks some time (tomorrow I'm going to have to wake up at 4am so I can get to that location to enter the commands you have shown me to see if they work because I'm scheduled to be at another store at 7am to replace the hot water heater mentioned above.)
