fr3d wrote:If you can, manually forward the port.. 4040 to the music server IP..
Try to use the routers external IP and the port 4040 FROM another connection.. (perhaps call a friend)
like this:
http://178.56.34.188:4040That will help tell you where something might be going wrong.
If your using windows it seems it might be port 80 subsoninc is using and not 4040. So try on the router to map the external port 4040 to port 80 on the PC.
With this you can get around problems the ISP might cause by blocking port 80. And then you will be using port 4040 for external use.
Also its quite normal to not be able to use the routers external IP address from inside the LAN. Its possible but you have to set things up to do it.
Just use the PCs IP address for local access as above. (if using windows it might be port 80 and not 4040 though.)
Hope I did not confuse you more.
It is we who live that the music may play.