Subj : NO ONE CAN CONNECT
To   : Daryl Stout
From : Andrew Leary
Date : Sun Feb 07 2016 02:49 am

Hello Daryl!

Thursday February 04 2016 11:35, Daryl Stout wrote to Andrew Leary:

AL>> What brand/model is the the Xfinity router?  Some of them are very
AL>> unreliabl in bridge mode.  When we upgraded here, they first gave
AL>> use a Cisco DPC devi which never worked properly in bridge mode.
AL>> After several hours dealing wit their inept customer support, they
AL>> agreed to exchange it for an Arris TM722G which has worked
AL>> flawlessly ever since I set it up.

DS>   It's an ARIS TG862G/CT.

OK.  I've never had any problems with Arris devices.

DS>   It works fine in bridge mode, and I can connect to other systems
DS> with IREX and BinkP, but they can NOT connect to my system.

This sounds like a router or firewall issue.

DS>   I also have a LinkSys 8 port Ethernet Switch to go with the LinkSys
DS> WRT54G router, since I have more devices on the LAN than ports on the
DS> router.

i would suggest verifying that the port forwards are properly configured on
your router first, and then check whatever firewall software you have installed
on your BBS computer.  TCP Port 24554 (BinkP) needs to be forwarded to the LAN
IP of your BBS computer for IRex to be able to receive incoming BinkP sessions.
Also check to make sure that TCP port 23 (Telnet) is forwarded so that your
users can get to the BBS.

Andrew

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