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Grrrrr... problems with ISP going down then they told me my router was no good, but have internet... linksys... problem is it wont allow connections from the net, can ping it ok (with CMD) and also connect though CMD telnet 192.168.1.xx what am I missing checking here... port forwarding is setup for telnet (port 23) to the servers IP.Thanks

Check your modem settings and see if you have telnet enabled on port 23 there. That was the problem I was running across with mine. The router was set up properly but the modem wasn't allowing telnet connections to come through. So all I could do was connect from within the local network but not through the internet. Once I set up the telnet server in the modem, everything worked fine.

Drex wrote:Grrrrr... problems with ISP going down then they told me my router was no good, but have internet... linksys... problem is it wont allow connections from the net, can ping it ok (with CMD) and also connect though CMD telnet 192.168.1.xx what am I missing checking here... port forwarding is setup for telnet (port 23) to the servers IP.Thanks

Many linksys routers managment runs on 192.168.0.2 or 192.168.0.3 you may want to try those for management of the linksys. Check on thier support bbs for the correct management address. You may also have to assign a mac address to the IP you run the bbs on, then allow traffic to it.

Drex wrote:Grrrrr... problems with ISP going down then they told me my router was no good, but have internet... linksys... problem is it wont allow connections from the net, can ping it ok (with CMD) and also connect though CMD telnet 192.168.1.xx what am I missing checking here... port forwarding is setup for telnet (port 23) to the servers IP.Thanks

if you're using DSL be sure to forward ports 1-65535 to the IP of the linksys router.


also are you having problems from remote or just locally, meaning you can telnet to 192.168.1.xxx but cannot telnet to your WAN ip, this could possibly be b/c of loopback problems.
try having someone else telnet in.


regarding linksys, yes you turn port 23 TCP on and direct it to the WG box.
make sure no firewalls are blocking incoming.

yeah really.
the OS has firewalls and a antivirus has firewalls.