"renna" <renna***@katamail.com> wrote in message
news:422c7b24_2@x-privat.org...
> i own a belkin F5D6230 wireless router. in the configuration there
is the
> option (virtual server) to redirect ports to internal ips, but i've
had no
> luck with this. i'm trying to make a stream server, and i would like
to
> open port 8000 and redirect it to a pc on my internal network. the
> user-manual of the router says that the "virtual server" option
works only
> with a fixed ip, which i don't have, but i've read elsewhere this
isn't
> true. should i be able to redirect the port even with a dynamical
ip? is
> there any way i can make my streaming server accessibile from the
internet?
> thanks

>
> "renna" <renna***@katamail.com> wrote in message
> news:422c7b24_2@x-privat.org...
>> i own a belkin F5D6230 wireless router. in the configuration there
> is the
>> option (virtual server) to redirect ports to internal ips, but i've
> had no
>> luck with this. i'm trying to make a stream server, and i would like
> to
>> open port 8000 and redirect it to a pc on my internal network. the
>> user-manual of the router says that the "virtual server" option
> works only
>> with a fixed ip, which i don't have, but i've read elsewhere this
> isn't
>> true. should i be able to redirect the port even with a dynamical
> ip? is
>> there any way i can make my streaming server accessibile from the
> internet?
>> thanks
>
> A dynamic IP will work until it is changed by an ISP lease expire. You
> then have
> to let everybody know the new IP address. I have had my cable
> connection for 4 months
> and my IP has never changed although it is a dynamic IP. There are
> services ( some free
> and some pay) that will give you a www name and some software that
> will update your IP
> everytime it changes. So all a person needs to know is the www name.
> One such service
> is http://www.dyndns.org/  .