Re: Problems after external IP change...

From: Leythos (void_at_nowhere.lan)
Date: 04/21/05 

Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 19:40:01 GMT

On Thu, 21 Apr 2005 10:52:29 -0700, rickabandon wrote:
>
> Hardware: Watchguard SOHO 6
> OS: Windows Server 2003
>
> I recently relocated, and therefore my IP has changed. It's a static IP,
> as was the case before.
>
> It's a DSL connection, also as before. From the DSL modem, I'm running a
> line to my SOHO 6 and then directly to my server.
>
> I've gone into the firewall settings and changed the external IP
> address. Unfortunately, however, I lose the Internet when I do this.
>
> If I do not specify the IP and set it as "DHCP Client" I can access the
> Internet, but cannot use Remote Desktop or access my locally hosted
> website as I could before the move.
>
> What am I missing? Thanks for any help!

Yea, if you get an IP via DHCP then you're not really setup for a fixed
IP. On the several DSL business class connections I've setup in the last
few months, none of them came ready for Bridge Mode - where you get a full
public IP connection, they were some *** form of a public/private
connection.

Does your DSL connection require PPOE?

Have you tried connecting the PC directly (and this is always dangerous)
to the DSL line and setting it up to see if your Public IP changes work on
the PC?

It's not the firewall, we have them on DSL connections, but you really
need to get in touch with your ISP and ask them how to set it up for a
PUBLIC IP connection. 

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