Port Forwarding query -- accessing Server from Internet

[jimbo45]

Hi all

I have a Server connected to a fixed IP on local LAN say 192.168.0.7

Now I just want to use some client software REMOTELY (outside the LAN) which simply requires me to type in IP address + user / password.

Now if my Router reports my current IP address as www.xxx.yyy.zzz is THAT the address I should use and do I need to port forward anything -- The application is Vsphere NOT RDP as RDP needs me to connect to a WINDOWS machine (Real or VM inside tha LAN).

On the server I can access ANY of the running VM's from the Vpshere client.

I've actually "Poodlefaked" it so I can get my INTERNET IP address by starting the No-IP program from within any of the VMs at start up. This should allow mw to retrieve the current Internet IP address.

(No-IP - Dynamic DNS, Static DNS for Your Dynamic IP)

The No-IP works fine for me --there are others you can use for similar functions when you have dynamic IP's.

Cheers
jimbo

 

[Shootist]

Yes you need to type in your public IP address. the one the WAN port on your router gets from your ISP.
You also need to forward the port/s used by that program to the private IP address of the PC you want to connect to on your LAN.
If your router also has a REAL firewall you may also need to create a firewall rule to allow the connection WAN to LAN on that/those port/s that program uses.

Problem is if you don't have a Static public/WAN IP address it will change. Making getting to your server impossible.
If that is the case then you need an account with DDNS that keeps track of your public/WAN IP and you use a domain name instead of an IP address to make the connection. DDNS does all the lookup for domain name to IP address once it has a record of the WAN IP changing.

I see you know about all the dynamic services. Yes you need one of those if you don't have a static WAN IP.