If i understand it corectly you go to the logon page for the 
router.
I think this may be caused by the remote administration of the 
router being set to on and on port 80.
Try switching it to off OR switching the port to a more suitable 
one I believe 8080 is common.

Peter van Hoof

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Russell McMahon" <apptech@paradise.net.nz>
To: "PIC List" <PICLIST@mit.edu>
Sent: Saturday, February 19, 2005 6:59 AM
Subject: [OT] Router won't let me out


> As per recent messages, I have installed an Apache server on my 
> home LAN.
> This works well for others BUT I am unable to see the server 
> "from the outside" from within the LAN due to router action.
>
> For incoming traffic I have set the router to direct port 80 to 
> port 80 on the PC which is running the server.
>
> When I attempt to access the server "across the net" at
>
>        www.russell.servepics.com
>
> I instead am directed to the router's logon page - the same as 
> I see when accessing 192.168.1.1
>
> I imagine that this happens because the router requests the 
> russell.servepics.com address, is passed my IP address by the 
> DNS, and recognises this as it's own address, and provides its 
> own homepage. (It's entirely likely that I've got this wrong 
> :-) ).
>
> - Is there any way to prevent this occurring.
>
> - Are others able to see their own servers "on the internet" 
> when accessing them from within their own LAN.
>
> I can see my server either by using http://localhost or 
> http://192.168.1.xxx  (PC on which server is located). This 
> "internal" access SHOULD produce results equivalent to external 
> access, but I'd rather be sure by viewing them exactly as 
> others do.
>
> The router is integrated with my DSL modem so there's no way 
> for me to place a computer on the "outside" of it. I'd happily 
> read "the manual" if I but knew which one(s) to read ;-)
>
>
>
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