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jaime1
Nov 10, 2012Aspirant
Apple Extreme (2011 Version) and nas dyndns access help!
I decided to get a new router because I thought my older cheap one was acting up. It turns out it's fine, but now I got this new apple extreme that seems to work fine, after you figure out how to get ...
StephenB
Nov 10, 2012Guru - Experienced User
There are two aspects - one is whether dyndns is working, the other is whether the port forwarding is working.
http://www.yougetsignal.com/tools/open-ports/ will tell you if the ports are open (though it will not tell you if they are forwarded to the correct IP address).
Normally you wouldn't forward port 22 btw - it is for SSH access, which you normally don't want to allow over the internet. 80 and 443 would be for http/https access, though you can also substitute different ports (which is what I do). Are you sure these were the ports you were forwarding before?
http://www.yougetsignal.com/tools/open-ports/ will tell you if the ports are open (though it will not tell you if they are forwarded to the correct IP address).
Normally you wouldn't forward port 22 btw - it is for SSH access, which you normally don't want to allow over the internet. 80 and 443 would be for http/https access, though you can also substitute different ports (which is what I do). Are you sure these were the ports you were forwarding before?
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