Using IWP behind a router

[vet_guy]

I trying to use IWP with my computer connected to a router. When I turn IWP on, FMP gives me the IP of 192.168.xx.xx, instead of my real IP of 71.xx.xx.xx.

Is there any way to fix this?

Thanks

[Genx]

FMP gives you your internal IP, for internal use... E.g. 192.168.0.5:509 -- type that into a browser in your local network and you'll get the IWP connection you're after, type that into a browser at home when your FMP is at work, and you'll get nothing.

If you want to connect externally, you'll have to forward port number 509 to ip 192.168.0.5 . Then all requests directed to http://71.xx.xx.xx:509 proceed to the router that then see's the request is on port 509 and forwards it to the IP that corresponds (in this case we've specified 192.168.0.5) and then because FMP accepts IWP requests on that port specifically, the request is given to the FMP client that then in turn processes it...

All this is assuming that you are using 509 as your IWP port (i think the default is http port 80 -- means you don't need to add the port number suffix in your url, but it conflicts a lot).

[IdealData]

Port 591 is the preferred (and registered) port.

You wouldn't believe how many have fallen foul of a type in the url suffix.

[Genx]

I don't know, 80 comes up as the default for IWP in FMP...

RE: Port 591, sorry, it's not a feature i have to configure much. The rest of the explanation still applies.

Edited March 3, 2007 by Guest

[vet_guy]

I have my router set up to recognize inbound request for FM at port 591. When I try to log on through http://71.xx.xx.xx:591, I get a timed out error. I have web sharing turned on, the router set to 591 and FM set to 591.

Any thoughts?

Thanks

[Genx]

Are you trying to access from within your network or outside it?

[vet_guy]

Right now, from within my LAN.

[Genx]

Stolen from one of my explanations in a different thread:

...a request on your external IP won't operate internally because you a broadcasting a request to the location of the destination from the destination to every location except the destination... I.e. you're in America and you send out a letter to every country accross the world asking them to respond if their location is America... You won't get any response because you don't send yourself a letter.

I mean what would be the logic of flying from America to Australia to get to America if you're already there?

Hence why when within a local network you have to use a local IP address, or when outside the network, have to use the external ip address.

Basically the external IP will only work external to your LAN and the internal IP will only work inside your LAN.

[IdealData]

Do you have the firewall enabled on the hosting machine?

Presuming you're on OS X then you must also add port 591 to the exempted list. Alternatively as a simple test just turn off the firewall.

[vet_guy]

Turns out I did have the firewall on yhe hosting machine on. Once I turned it off, everything worked fine.

Now all I have to do is figure out how to bypass the 25 record limitation.

Thanks

[Genx]

It's not a 25 record limitation, it's a 25 record in a list limitation -- to overcome it, just add navigation / button like "next page" that just uses:

Go To Record / Request / Page[ By Calculation... ; (Div ( Get(RecordNumber) ; 25 ) + 1 ) * 25 ]