[nmglug] stupid question #1

[Gary Sandine]

On Mon, 2004-10-25 at 15:03 -0600, Andres Paglayan wrote:
> and firewall is down to basic, the actiontec doesn't let you see what 
> that means.

That could be the problem.  If the actiontec external IP is 1.2.3.4 and
if you have a shell account on an outside box, what does

$ telnet 1.2.3.4 80

do?  If it gives immediate connection refused or if it just sits and
does nothing, I guess: 1. port forwarding is not working; 2. port
forwarding is not forwarding to the correct internal box; or 3. port 80
is firewalled by the actiontec.  Maybe try temporarily disabling
actiontec firewalling?  How about trying

$ telnet 1.2.3.4 80

from a box in your internal network?