Netgear → NETGEAR RP641 & Web server

Hi,
I've got a Netgear RP614 routeur with last firmware ( 4.12 Apr 16 2003) and a web serveur in DHCP client (192.168.0.3). I've configured port forwarding (port 80 of course for apache). From the outside, I can reach my web server one time on ten !!! I am forced to put my server in the DMZ to make it work all the time.

Have you got any idea about this problem ?

Thanx.

First off move the computer out of DHCP, i.e., assign the IP Statically on the computer (alongwith the DNS Server Addresses and the Gateways Address). This would ensure that the router always points to the same IP when it receives a request on the WAN Port.

While setting up the server did you first test the connection on the local network. Do this by trying to connect to the server from any LAN computer. If the connection is established "10 times out of 10" without ny problems then this checks out all the possible bottlenecks for the server / network.

In such a case the only resolution is to upload the router firmware again since the router seems to be behaving funny.

Do not believe that the router provides loopback. When you say from the outside do you mean via a friend or dialup??

Personnaly for testing that my web server are running behind my RP614:
I configure a proxy server (the proxy server of my ISP) on my WEB navigator and I test to join my site (http : // My.PUBLIC.IP or http : // myname.dyndns.org if I use dyndns client)

My web request will to to the external proxy (on my ISP network), the proxy of my ISP re-route the request to my WEB server and re-route the result to my navigator.

Olivier
[text was edited by author 2003-05-12 17:39:13]

first thank you all for your answers.
I've 100% connection successful in local addressing (from my windows computer to my linux web server)

I don't think I need to assign a static IP adress, because it's all the time the same adress, I'm sure of that (because it's the same MAC adress ).

I think I'll try your last suggestion (firmware update)

Thanx again.

thanks for the tips