Accesing software from external IP

[nrh7]

Greetings.

I'm trying to learn inomads since my clients are in need of it's benefits.
So far, I managed access the panels from Google Chrome on a phone, tablet and Handheld/PDA, worked wonderful.
However now I need to learn how to make it accessible from an external network.

For my local network test I used the following.
- Main program/panels etc, installed on a device at 10.0.0.71
- The EZ webserver runs in that machine using: *plus/spawn *ezweb/server -bkg -arg 8080
- On any mobile device connected to the same network I just open Chrome and type 10.0.0.71:8080 on URL and the app opens well.

However for accessing it from an external IP/Device not part of that local network, say personal phone.
I'm trying to do so using port forwarding on the modem that belongs to the local network.
- The modem locally has am IP 10.0.0.138
- Has a public IP of 72.50.4.97 or thats what google says.

Problem is when I type 72.50.4.97:8080 from an external device it doesn't land on the program, possibly because the power forwarding is not set correctly.

The modem in question has the following fields when setting up portforwarding:
- WanPort
- LanPort
- Internal Client (this is for the IP 10.0.0.71 where the program is)
- Protocol (Used both TCP/UDP)
- Enable Mapping (with a checkbox, not sure what this is)
- Wan Connection List (gives me a dropbox with 2 options, probably the names of the wireless signals)

I'm tried filling WanPort and LanPort with port 8080 or port 80, none have worked.

So then, I'm not sure where I'm missing what I'm missing, any hints?

The goal simply is to have access the panels via Chrome/Edge from an external network device.

Thanks a lot!

[Devon Austen]

Some things I would check are:

-Have you tried checking the enable mapping?
   -Maybe that is needed to enable the setting.

-Firewall (on both router and device running ezweb server)
   -Make sure the wan port and lan port are allowed inbound access

-Your external IP address is it static or dynamic?
   -If dynamic it could have changed since you checked it.

-Your device internal IP address is it static or dynamic?
   -If dynamic it could have changed since you checked it.

-Is you router connected directly to the internet or to another network?
   -If not connected directly you will have to adjust firewall and port forwarding another level higher as well.

[Mike King]

Most routers will provide a port forwarding option which will allow you to forward a request from the internet for a specific port to be forwarded to an specific workstation behind the router.

You indicated that the workstation running ezWeb is running on the internal IP 10.0.0.71 port 8080.  Given this set your internet router to forward incoming requests for port 8080 to that internal IP 10.0.0.71 port 8080.  You should then be able to access your application using http://72.50.4.97:8080/inomads

If desired you can use the router to change the port number.  For example if you want set port forwarding of port 80 to port 8080 thereby eliminating the need for the external URL to include a port number since HTTP by default implies port 80.

Now if your router is connected to the Internet and it IP address is dynamic (that is your provider can and does periodically change the IP address) you might want to consider using a dynamic DNS service so that rather than using the IP address people can use a name to access your application.  Personally I have used freedns.afraid.org for a few years and it has worked well.

Assuming this is all set correctly you should be able to access your application.  If you are having trouble its possible your workstation's firewall might be preventing external access.  Try disabling the workstation firewall temporarily and see if that solves the problem.  Many firewalls have settings that allow local access through the firewall but prevent external network access.  If disabling the firewall works then check your firewall to make sure it allows public incoming access to port 8080.

[nrh7]

The public IP is definitely dynamic, I will try to use the freedns method.
Thanks a lot both of you.