Re: [hylafax-users] Can't connect outside LAN to hylafax

[Jean-Pierre Radley <jpr@xxxxxxx>]

Enrique Arredondo typed (on Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 08:38:04AM -0700):
> Hi,
>
> What setting should I look for so that hylafax let's me check status and  
> sendfaxes outside my LAN ?
> My hosts.hfaxd file has the public IP address as well the LAN spool:
>
> localhost
> 127.0.0.1
> 192.168.2.*
> 10.10.10.*
>
> faxstat works fine when access from LAN:
>
> /usr/local> faxstat -s -h 192.168.2.90
> HylaFAX scheduler on atkred.com: Running
> Modem ttyACM0 (+1.714.850.9079): Running and idle
> Modem ttyACM1 (+1.714.641.5931): Running and idle
> Modem ttyS0 (+1.714.850.9079): Running and idle
>
>
> but access from public IP (10.10.10.*) hangs Remote faxstat :
>
> /usr2/tmp> faxstat -s -h 12.9.192. 77
>
> nothing here
>
> If I remove 10.10.10.* from hosts.hfaxd file then I get a password  
> prompt, but then I don't want that to promtp everytime.
>
> If I manually do telnet from a public computer into my server I get  
> hylafax response:
>
> /usr2/tmp> telnet 12.9.192. 77  4559
> Trying 12.9.192.77...
> Connected to 12.9.192.77 (12.9.192.77).
> Escape character is '^]'.
> 220 atkred.com server (HylaFAX (tm) Version 4.4.4) ready.
>
> Any ideas of whats missing ?
>
> Thanks

Why do you associate the adjective "public" with the IP number
10.10.10.*?  Addresses of the form 10.*.*.*, like those in 172.16.*.*
and 192.168.*.*, are unroutable ones, reserved for internal use on
anyone's LAN.


-- 
JP


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