BIM server - Remote access / linksys router / DNS

[Anonymous]

Dear forums readers,

So i have been trying to set up a bim server for remote access. im a student and would like to use my desktop at home as the server. But for some reason its been teasing me. I have a linksys e4200 router and made a dns server at dyndns.com. Allready gone trough all the subjects on this forum but couldnt figure it out.

so far i ve managed to set up a working dns(when i enter mij dns server in my browser it leads me to my router homepage, this is right?) and i have been fumbeling around with port forwarding on the router(i think the problem is this, i have no idea what im doing).

all i want is to acces my bim server at school trough the internet and start teamwork projects with my project mates. How i work this out?

yours,

Alper

[Anonymous]

Do you have a fixed IP address?

[Anonymous]

If you haven't already and assuming your router allocates IPs automatically, you will want to set a static IP address for your server, being your home PC, if your turning it on and off, there is the potential for it to be allocated a different IP address then what your port forwarding is set to. So set it to something near the end of your IP range.
I think linksys uses 192.168.1.*** range by default. So set your server/home pc IP to somewhere like 192.168.1.99, you may also need to find out your ISP's DNS server numbers if your router gets them automatically, then point your ports (15001-15004 and 6005 (this is for v15)) to to that IP.

[Anonymous]

The local IP (Linksys typ: 192.168.1.***) is of no help accessing the server from outside your LAN. The issue is whether your ISP gives you a static IP or not. If so you can use that, if not there is software that can create a static IP for you. I use Hamachi on my Mac.

[Karl Ottenstein]

Matthew wrote:
The local IP (Linksys typ: 192.168.1.***) is of no help accessing the server from outside your LAN. The issue is whether your ISP gives you a static IP or not. If so you can use that, if not there is software that can create a static IP for you. I use Hamachi on my Mac.

That is not correct.

A static external IP address is not at all required. In his original post, Alper noted that he is using a dyndns.com domain name which is no problem at all for dynamically re-pointing a static name to a dynamic IP address.

The static local IP is essential. Danj is pointing him in the proper direction in making sure that his local machine hosting BS has a static local IP address so that any port-forwarding that he sets up will always forward to the BS machine with no chance that the machine shifts to another local IP address.

Alper, the set-up can be quite cumbersome depending on your equipment. Having your router port-forward properly as described in the Wiki articles is necessary. But, depending on how your router gets your internet connection, more work may be needed. If you have a DSL modem, e.g., you must make sure that it allows those port requires through to the router (etc).

Karl

Edit: typo DSL model --> modem

[Anonymous]

Karl wrote:

Matthew wrote:
The local IP (Linksys typ: 192.168.1.***) is of no help accessing the server from outside your LAN. The issue is whether your ISP gives you a static IP or not. If so you can use that, if not there is software that can create a static IP for you. I use Hamachi on my Mac.

That is not correct.

A static external IP address is not at all required. In his original post, Alper noted that he is using a dyndns.com domain name which is no problem at all for dynamically re-pointing a static name to a dynamic IP address.

The static local IP is essential. Danj is pointing him in the proper direction in making sure that his local machine hosting BS has a static local IP address so that any port-forwarding that he sets up will always forward to the BS machine with no chance that the machine shifts to another local IP address.

Alper, the set-up can be quite cumbersome depending on your equipment. Having your router port-forward properly as described in the Wiki articles is necessary. But, depending on how your router gets your internet connection, more work may be needed. If you have a DSL modem, e.g., you must make sure that it allows those port requires through to the router (etc).

Karl

Oops. Networking is not my strong suit. I thought the external static IP was necessary. That's how I've done it at least. Good to know there are alternatives.

Thanks Karl

[Anonymous]

Another thing you may need to consider. Is that your school may have its network so locked down that even if your BIM server is setup correctly, you will still never access it.
We have had this with a student who comes and works for us one day a week, he can connect to our BIM server from home but when on campus, it just won't work. You may need to go to a friends house to test. If it works from your friends house you may want to have a chat to the network admin and see if they can open some ports up, but they may be reluctant to.