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[PCPiranha]

That's what is wierd to me.  The fact that you are getting two different WAN IPs makes me think you are double natting (going through 2 firewalls).  I would contact your ISP and see if they know anything.  If web access works locally then the unit is working properly.

[rinthos]

Ok well lets try this in a slightly different approach:

(FYI: I don't work for buffalo but if you'd prefer to PM me some of the data that's fine.  Otherwise if you'd like to modify your datasets, we can work w/ that, just keep the #'s consistent for discussion ;) ).

What is the LAN (local) IP of your Linkstation?

For your 2Wire 2701, are you running DHCP on it?

According to your 2Wire 2701, what is your WAN (true) IP address?

How did you setup port forwarding, and did you go to "Firewall settings" to 'allow access' to the Linkstation as a host for that?

Shouldn't use DMZPlus mode or whatever 2Wire calls it, seems to be problematic (well there's also security risks etc).

Finally this might answer PCPiranha's question...

For internet acccess, do you need to launch anything on your computer, or are your username + password for dsl inside your 2Wire device for automatic login?

Thanks,

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[notoriouskp]

i had the same problem, go into webadmin click on extension, click share folder and enable to allow anonymous

[bitope]

ok rinthos, here goes

LAN IP of linkstation is 192.168.1.xx

Running DHCP on my 2wire 2701

According to 2wire my WAN IP is 121.7.163.xxx

For portforwarding, yes, under "firewall settings" set port 8000 to allow access to linkstation. Only used the DMZ mode to test if in any chance i did the port forwarding wrong.  

Finally, for internet access, the userid and password are stored inside the 2wire for automatic login

thanks once again for all your time. 

[bitope]

i wished it was that easy notoriouskp :(

I allowed anonymous, I set up another userid just in case admin n guest doesnt work. But cant even connect in the first place without even asking me for password 

[rinthos]

I've gotta validate...you noted 8000 for the port..if a typo ignore this post, but if not, change it to 9000 ;)

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[bitope]

opps, sorry, that was a typo. :P

port 9000 is the correct one

[rinthos]

So while on your own LAN, what happens when you go to:

http://121.7.163.xxx:9000

(where xxx is whatever your actual IP value is).

I understand you said you can get to it 'locally' but I'm curious if you can only get to it locally using the WAN address? (since you're on the same subnet).

Also for the sake of asking, your computer on the LAN has a 192.168.1.X ip address as well, correct?

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[bitope]

Ok, so when I do http://121.7.163.xxx:9000 i get the error connection timed out (in firefox) in Safari the error is that "Safari can’t open the page “http://121.7.163.xxx:9000/” because the server where this page is located isn’t responding."

I can only access if i do a 192.168.1.xx:9000 

Yes, all my computers on the LAN has a 192.168.1.xx ip address

[rinthos]

Hrm...

Does your router (2701hg) have the remote access tab? (I know some firmware versions do) and if so, can you access your router via the WAN address?

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