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    Red face Ping Problem!

    Hi, I'm using a linksys router model BEFSR11, I have 3 computers hooked up to the hub. My Wan Ip is 216.183.xxx.xx and my Lan ip is 192.168.1.xx
    I want to be able to ping one of my computers from a remote location from a different computer with a different Wan IP. How would I be able to ping one of the computers with ip of 192.168.x.x with out confusing it with someone elses lan ip? Please help me out..thank you

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    Registered User craigmodius's Avatar
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    you can't ping the internal IP (192.168.xxx.xxx) from another WAN IP. Your linksys box fakes the connections of your LAN into 1 valid Public WAN IP. (so you don't have to pay for two WAN IP addresses or DSL connections)

    You can verify your own WAN IP by plugging it in to a traceroute at <a href="http://www.traceroute.org/" target="_blank">traceroute.org</a> but that only verifies the linksys box's connection to the internet

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    Registered User TheLow1's Avatar
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    Most Linksys routers allow port forwarding. If you want to run a web server or other service, you can forward the port (80 for Http)

    You would still be accessing your WAN IP address from the internet but when you hit the router (WAN IP) it will forward the request to your machine on your private network (192.168.X.X)

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