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[BKKKPewsey]

Ahh! Reverse Polish Notation - that brings back memories

[bushman4]

Can you try a reset to factory defaults on the router, and then set it up from scratch?

Glenn

[HighlandRanger]

I'll give it a try!

[GJ51]

I'd bet $5 that if you set up one of the preprogrammed game single port rules built into the router and just set SS to use that port it will work.

[grant420]

I'd bet $5 that if you set up one of the preprogrammed game single port rules built into the router and just set SS to use that port it will work.

YES, you should try this prior to giving up on this router.

[nayab9]

I have a question somewhat related to this, was hoping someone knows the answer..

When I request x.subsonic.org (internally or externally)...where is this pointing to and what is the process of the redirect?

Basically, I'd like to understand how ss server is set up such that I can type x.subsonic.org internally AND externally, and it resolves correctly no matter what.

The reason I'm trying to understand is because I have a web server set up with my own domain name. The domain name points to my WAN IP correctly, if I request the domain name EXTERNALLY, it works fine. But if I request the domain name INTERNALLY, the router (I think?) realizes the resolving IP is ITSELF and presents me with a router login screen page (instead of sending it out to the cloud?). Nothing like this happens when I type in my x.subsonic.org domain address... it all works fine... I'm assuming it works something like this:

If I type in x.subsonic.org internally, the request from my machine is sent to the router, the router sees that the subsonic domain is in the cloud, sends request out to ss domain (?), where the ss server (has my ip/port stored as a subdomain...?) redirects that to whichever ip/port specified (my WAN IP)... which would then come back to home where I requested it from, and directed to the correct server on the LAN.

Anybody know how this works? I want my web server to behave the same way the ss server does!

Cheers,
Ben

[bushman4]

It works like this:

• Your browser makes a request to Sindre's server for http://myname.subsonic.org. The server responds with a "302 - Temporarily Moved" message that includes your external HTTP access information of http://[myexternalip]:[myHTTPPort]/
• Your browser contacts your subsonic server via that external IP address on the HTTP port. If HTTPS is set up properly, your subsonic replies with a "302 - Temporarily Moved" message that includes the proper external HTTPS access information of https://[myexternalip]:[myHTTPSPort]/
• Your browser contacts your subsonic server using HTTPS on the proper port. Subsonic replies with a "302 - Temporarily Moved" message again, but this time it includes the info to redirect to the login page at https://[myexternalip]:[myHTTPSPort]/login.view;jsessionid=<SomeSessionID>
• Your browser contacts your subsonic server using HTTPS and retrieves the login page.

As a demonstration of this, run the "Full Page Load Test" at pigdom.com and enter http://name.subsonic.org (once you have opened the HTTP port on your firewall) or download the command line tool wget.exe and run

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wget http://name.subsonic.org

Notice all of the redirects that happen in the process.

HTH,

Glenn

[bushman4]

As an aside, you will be hard pressed to get your web server to run the same way... you only have a few choices:

1. Run an internal DNS server that only hosts a copy of your external domain, but with a www record that is set to the proper INTERNAL ip address. Set the server to forward all other requests to your router's IP address, your ISP's DNS server, or to the root servers directly. (this is what I do...)
2. Get a router with the ability to put static DNS entries into it, and add one for your registered domain name pointing into the proper internal IP address.
3. Add an entry to your hosts file on all internal computers with the registered domain name and the correct internal IP address for the web server.

HTH,

Glenn

[rboshuis]

If you are really wondering what is happening with all those redirects, install fiddler2 on your client and you'll see EVERYTHING!

http://fiddler2.com/fiddler2/