Deploying CSM in Bridge Mode into an existing server envronment

We have installed two CSM's in a 6509's in a network that has servers already in an existing subnet and vlan.My question is.Can I use the same vlan that the servers are on at this time for the server slb vlan or do I have to create another server slb vlan in the subnet?

the servers can stay in the same vlan.
But if you want bridge mode, you will need to configure 2 vlans in the CSM using the same subnet.
1 vlan will be the same as the servers.
The 2nd vlan will be a new vlan using the same ip subnet.
The MSFC should be setup with only the 2nd vlan.
So at the end you get
MSFC---VLAN-A----CSM-----VLAN-B----SERVERS
<-------------- one subnet --------------->
The servers can keep the same gateway ip address.
This ip address should be moved from current msfc vlan to the newly created vlan.
[I say MSFC, but it could be any other router being currently the default gateway]
Gilles.

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How to Configure Transparent caching on Cat 6500 with CSM in bridge mode?

hi.
I found How to Configure Transparent caching on Cat 6500 with CSM in routed mode.
But,
I need help How to Configure Transparent caching on Cat 6500 with CSM in bridge mode?
Please let me know sample configuration.
thanks.

Hi,
I wrote the document you mentioned and I also wrote the one below.
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/partner/products/hw/modules/ps2706/products_configuration_example09186a00802c1201.shtml
The one with the SSLM is a bridge mode config.
If you replace the SSLM with a cache [or a farm of caches] it would be a similar config.
Replace the SSL21 vserver with an HTTP vserver [most important is to keep the vlan configured on each vserver]
Regards,
Gilles.

Adding direct server access to CSM in bridge mode

I have a CSM that I have set up in bridge mode and want to allow direct management access to the real servers.
It looks like this. MSFC 10.1.100.1
CSM 10.1.100.3
Reals 10.1.100.10
10.1.100.20
10.1.100.25
Virtual 10.1.100.130
10.1.100.140
I tried to use the same method that I found for routed mode on CCO.
Serverfarm SERVER-SUBNET
No nat server
Predictor forward
Vserver DIRECT-ACCESS
Virtual 10.1.100.0 255.255.255.0 tcp any
Serverfarm SERVER-SUBNET
Inservice
The next step in the documentation says to add a static route to the CSM
Ip route 10.1.100.0 255.255.255.0 10.1.100.3
But this does not make since since the MSFC 10.1.100.1 address is already the default gateway.
So is there another way to configure bridge mode and enable direct management access?

After I thought about bridge mode again and took out the direct-access and server-subnet commands. I tested again and I can now directly access the servers.

CSM redundant bridged mode - alias IP required?

Hi! I am a little bit confused about the configuration guides concerning csm + fwsm
+ csm bridged mode. in my opinion when using bridged mode with the csm i do not really need any alias ip configuration - neither in the client vlan nor the server vlan. in bridged mode the csm does not route - thus i won't have any routes pointing to the csm. why are there always alias ip configurations in redundant bridged mode config guides? can somebody please clear that up for me? is there any other function of the alias IPs that I need them for?
Thanks,
Daniel

Daniel,
In general, if no router is present on a server-side VLAN, then each server's default route points to the aliased IP address. In the case of bridge mode, like you have, there is no need for the alias ip.
Regards
Pete..

CSM in Bridge mode and Server initiated connections

I know one can use Source NAT for server initiated connections back to VIP using CSM in routed mode. How do I achieve the same for bridge mode?
Thanks in advance,
Shahid

Shahid,
that's a well-known problem for all loadbalancer in the world.
With a sniffer trace, or just thinking about TCP/IP rules you can figure out why client nat is required.
If you go from a server to a vip, the CSM will forward the traffic to a random server.
The CSM forwards the traffic with the source ip unchanged by default.
The server receiving the traffic will forward the response back to the source that initiated the request.
If the source is also a server in the same subnet, the response does not need to be sent through a gateway. Since both source and destination are in the same subnet, the traffic is sent based on mac address and it bypasses the CSM which can't perform the nating.
The source receiving the response from the server directly will just ignore it.
Using client nat forces the response to go back to the CSM which can perform the nating before sending it to the client.
This has been discussed tons of times in this forum.
It's a classic question :-)
Gilles.

Cannot deploy BPM process from JDev into remote weblogic server

Hi all,
I have in a trouble!
I've built a simple BPM process but when i deploy it from JDeveloper to a remote weblogic server it have following error, pls give me solution
[02:16:27 PM] ---- Deployment started. ----
[02:16:27 PM] Target platform is (Weblogic 10.3).
[02:16:27 PM] Running dependency analysis...
[02:16:27 PM] Building...
[02:16:31 PM] Deploying profile...
[02:16:31 PM] Updating revision id for the SOA Project 'Project1.jpr' to '1.0'..
[02:16:31 PM] Wrote Archive Module to C:\JDeveloper\mywork\TestDeploy\Project1\deploy\sca_Project1_rev1.0.jar
[02:16:31 PM] Running dependency analysis...
[02:16:31 PM] Building...
[02:16:33 PM] Deploying 2 profiles...
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[02:16:33 PM] Wrote Enterprise Application Module to C:\JDeveloper\mywork\TestDeploy\deploy\TestDeploy.ear
[02:16:33 PM] Deploying sca_Project1_rev1.0.jar to partition "default" on server AdminServer [http://HP:7001]
[02:16:33 PM] Processing sar=/C:/JDeveloper/mywork/TestDeploy/Project1/deploy/sca_Project1_rev1.0.jar
[02:16:33 PM] Adding sar file - C:\JDeveloper\mywork\TestDeploy\Project1\deploy\sca_Project1_rev1.0.jar
[02:16:33 PM] Preparing to send HTTP request for deployment
[02:16:33 PM] Creating HTTP connection to host:HP, port:7001
[02:16:33 PM] Sending internal deployment descriptor
[02:16:33 PM] Sending archive - sca_Project1_rev1.0.jar
[02:16:33 PM] Received HTTP response from the server, response code=503
[02:16:33 PM] Invalid logging line: <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
[02:16:33 PM] Invalid logging line: <html><head>
[02:16:33 PM] Invalid logging level on line: <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
[02:16:33 PM] Invalid logging line: <title>ERROR: The requested URL could not be retrieved</title>
[02:16:33 PM] Invalid logging line: <style type="text/css"></style>
[02:16:33 PM] Invalid logging line: </head><body>
[02:16:33 PM] Invalid logging line: <div id="titles">
[02:16:33 PM] Invalid logging line: <h1>ERROR</h1>
[02:16:33 PM] Invalid logging line: <h2>The requested URL could not be retrieved</h2>
[02:16:33 PM] Invalid logging line: </div>
[02:16:33 PM] Invalid logging line: <hr>
[02:16:33 PM] Invalid logging line: <div id="content">
[02:16:33 PM] Invalid logging line: <p>The following error was encountered while trying to retrieve the URL: http://hp:7001/soa-infra/deployer</p>
[02:16:33 PM] Invalid logging line: <blockquote id="error">
[02:16:33 PM] Invalid logging line: <p><b>Unable to determine IP address from host name <q>hp</q></b></p>
[02:16:33 PM] Invalid logging line: </blockquote>
[02:16:33 PM] Invalid logging line: <p>The DNS server returned:</p>
[02:16:33 PM] Invalid logging line: <blockquote id="data">
[02:16:33 PM] Invalid logging line: <pre>Name Error: The domain name does not exist.</pre>
[02:16:33 PM] Invalid logging line: </blockquote>
[02:16:33 PM] Invalid logging line: <p>This means that the cache was not able to resolve the hostname presented in the URL. Check if the address is correct.</p>
[02:16:33 PM] Invalid logging level on line: <p>Your cache administrator is [email protected].</p>
[02:16:33 PM] Invalid logging line: <br>
[02:16:33 PM] Invalid logging line: </div>
[02:16:33 PM] Invalid logging line: <hr>
[02:16:33 PM] Invalid logging line: <div id="footer">
[02:16:33 PM] Invalid logging line: <p>Generated Tue, 20 Dec 2011 07:18:27 GMT by proxy.hipt.com.vn (squid/3.1.4)</p>
[02:16:33 PM] Invalid logging line: 
[02:16:33 PM] Invalid logging line: </div>
[02:16:33 PM] Invalid logging line: </body></html>
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[02:16:33 PM] HTTP error code returned [503]
[02:16:33 PM] No error message is returned from the server.
[02:16:33 PM] Error deploying archive sca_Project1_rev1.0.jar to partition "default" on server AdminServer [http://HP:7001]
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Thanks a lot!

Hi, thanks for your reply,
I just check but soa-infra is up
Result:
Welcome to the Oracle SOA Platform on WebLogic
SOA Version: v11.1.1.5.0 - 11.1.1.5.0_110418.1550.0174 built on Mon Apr 18 18:05:14 PDT 2011
WebLogic Server 10.3.5.0 Fri Apr 1 20:20:06 PDT 2011 1398638 (10.3.5.0)
I've deployed my process in local computer that good! but from remote JDev i've wrong
Help me pls!

Arris modem & AEBS in bridge mode w/ OS X server (Yosemite)

I have been using a AEBS (ac) as router in bridge mode behind an Arris cable modem (with its own wireless network setup) and have it create a wireless network. I extended it with 1xAEBS (ac) and 2x AEBS (n) to reach all corners of the house, all in "extend" and "bridge" mode. The AEBS (ac) router is using Ethernet cable to connect to Arris modem. This setup worked well for me and still does, until...
Recently, to get access to my files on the network from the Internet, I installed OS X server (4.2) on Yosemite running on a MP (have a few drives attached). I intend to use the servers VPN service, but cannot get its new reachability tool to identify any services running. After doing some searching I found tutorials on how to run the AEBS in DHCP and NAT mode, which results in a double NAT error the way my modem/provider service is setup.
I have not been able to find a tutorial how to configure the server in Internet mode behind the AEBS (ac) router in bridge mode. I do have a domain name, but the service provider does not offer Dynamic DNS service. And I did let the server install the DNS services automatically.
A server setup guide when running AEBS in bridge mode would be very helpful.
I would need some help configuring the AEBS router as well as setting up the server - thanks a lot!

I see nobody else has jumped in.. so I read this last night and thought it was a bit too hard..
But perhaps I can get you to at least clarify some stuff.
Arris cable modem (with its own wireless network setup)
What model is the arris? Since it has its own wireless it is a router.. or what is sometimes called gateway.
I have been using a AEBS (ac) as router in bridge mode
You cannot use "as router" in bridge.. they are opposites.. but I think you just mean.. AEBS is in bridge.. the mention of router is to qualify the AEBS which we know is a router.
I intend to use the servers VPN service, but cannot get its new reachability tool to identify any services running.
I do not use server and I would not have done the setup this way to get access to your files.. but the vpn service should work.
Test by using a computer on the local network running a vpn client to see if you can log in to the server. It is much easier to get things working locally before you attempt to do it remotely.
What type of vpn is it.. I can look it up but easier if you post the details.. each vpn uses different port forwarding requirements. PPTP is different to IPSEC which is different to L2TP which is different to SSL.
After doing some searching I found tutorials on how to run the AEBS in DHCP and NAT mode, which results in a double NAT error the way my modem/provider service is setup.
You cannot run two routers.. that will mess things up. The AEBS should be in bridge.. double NAT will kill your access.
I have not been able to find a tutorial how to configure the server in Internet mode behind the AEBS (ac) router in bridge mode. I do have a domain name, but the service provider does not offer Dynamic DNS service. And I did let the server install the DNS services automatically.
Some of this I have not used.. so I cannot say much.. I much prefer to do vpn using vpn routers.. it is far easier.
Anyway.. the bridged AEBS is irrelevant.. your problem is needing to setup the Arris for VPN pass through. This sometimes involves something simple like tick a box.. it can also be complicated and need port forwarding.
You can use Dynamic DNS client in the Arris.. that will be the best place to set this up.
You will need to download and read carefully the manual for your arris gateway.
Let me also suggest you run ethernet directly to the arris .. bypass the Extreme altogether.. it is not related to this setup but can cause issues.. because Apple have some inbuilt ipsec security for BTMM.
For setting up yosemite server to do vpn I recommend you post in the Server OS area of the discussions.

After Installing Oracle Virtual Box and changing the network adapter to bridged mode cant access my server

Hi ,
I have installed Oracle Virtual box on windows server 2008 r2 hosted on 1und1.de.
Till installtion and setting up untun on virtualbox it was fine, but once i changed the adapater to bridged mode. I immediatly lost connectivity with my server and now cant access.
It is now 2 days i cant access my server and neither ping it, also the website hosted on it is also down.
The 1und1 has following 2 options
1) using putty i can connect to server command prompt using administrator but cant run any gui application
2) Server Rescue mode: where i get special environment to start, stop services, access registry and command prompt.
Till now i have tried lot of setting to enable network connectivity but not able to success
This is the result of Ipconfig /all
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : s15453760
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
Ethernet adapter VirtualBox Host-Only Network:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VirtualBox Host-Only Ethernet Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 08-00-27-00-04-FD
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::5d5c:5bbc:c61:e9b1%16(Preferred)
Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address. . : 169.254.233.177(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 352845863
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-15-B9-51-EA-00-19-99-A5-E7-BE
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
Tunnel adapter isatap.{BBF9AA14-45EA-460C-8F23-E106D890D878}:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Tunnel adapter 6TO4 Adapter:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft 6to4 Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 12:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
How can i restore my connection.
Thanks

Hi,
According to the result of "ipconfig /all", the physical adapter dosen't appear.
Please check if the physical network adapter works properly. We can verify this in Device Manager.
To open Device Manager by using the Windows interface
Click Start, and then click Control Panel.
Click Hardware and Sound.
Click Device Manager.
If the network adapter is working properly, please make sure that the Internet Protocol Version 4(TCP/IPv4) has been checked in the properties of the physical network adapter.
If issue persists, please try to uninstall the Oracle Virtual box.
Best Regards.
Steven Lee
TechNet Community Support

CSM in Bridge mode and STP

How CSM deals with the situation when both modules become active? How can I configure CSM to passthrough STP BPDUs to break loops? I know how can I do it on FWSMs but wondering if there is a way to do it on CSM or there is no way to avoid loops when FT vlan is dead.

There is no way to let BPDU go through and there is no way to avoid loop if the FT vlan goes down.
You have to make sure it never goes down by using etherchannel and any other possible solution.
Gilles.

How to deploy JSR 168 Portlet war into Weblogic Portal Server?

Hello experts!
I have the installed Oracle WebLogic Portal 10.3.2 with Examples.
And I want to deploy my jsr-168 portlet.
Now I could to import this portlet by docs:
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E15919_01/wlp.1032/e14245/deployment.htm#i1047336
How can I add the web application as a WSRP producer using WebLogic Portal Administration Console?
What should I do?

Hello Kevin,
my answers:
Are there any error or warning messages on the application server console when you deploy the generated EAR?When I checked the Auto-deploy checkbox and press Perform Import on the Import Tool page, I had:
Import Successful... Generated EAR:C:\Oracle\Middleware\wlportal_10.3\samples\domains\portal\helloApp.ear
But helloApp had the Warning status (Health column) on the Deployment page of the WL Server Administration Console
Health Information:
Name: AsyncProliferation
Health: OK
Reason: MDB application helloApp is connected to messaging system.
Name: MessageBufferBean
Health: Warning
Reason: MDB application helloApp is NOT connected to messaging system.
Name: MessageBufferTopicBean
Health: Warning
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If I did NOT check the Auto-deploy checkbox and then install on the Deployment page, I had:
Messages
All changes have been activated. No restarts are necessary.
The deployment has been successfully installed.
But helloApp had the Warning status (Health column) too.
Also, earlier you said that you were using WLP 10.3.2, but this issue sounds very similar to something
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WEB-INF/weblogic.xml ... , WEB-INF/wsrp-producer-config.xml ...
If you find these files in the generated WAR inside the generated EAR, can you post their contents here?
weblogic.xml content:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<weblogic-web-app xmlns="http://xmlns.oracle.com/weblogic/weblogic-web-app">
<library-ref>
<library-name>wlp-framework-full-web-lib</library-name>
</library-ref>
<library-ref>
<library-name>wlp-framework-struts-1.2-web-lib</library-name>
</library-ref>
<library-ref>
<library-name>struts-1.2</library-name>
</library-ref>
<session-descriptor>
<cookie-name>JSESSIONID_hello</cookie-name>
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wsrp-producer-config.xml content:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<wsrp-producer-config xmlns="http://www.bea.com/servers/weblogic/wsrp-producer-config/9.0">
<service-config>
<registration secure="false" required="true"/>
<service-description secure="false"/>
<markup secure="false" rewrite-urls="true" transport="string"/>
<portlet-management secure="false" required="true"/>
</service-config>
<supported-locales>
<locale>en</locale>
<locale>en-US</locale>
</supported-locales>
<requiredUserProperties properties="specified"/>
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Bridge mode CSM - Serverfarm with hosts in different vlans

Hi,
I'm trying to answer a question while doing design. I am planning on deploying a CSM in bridge mode with multiple vlans. I need to create a serverfarm which has real servers in two separate server side vlans.
I would then present the Vserver on the client side only of one of the vlans (I always like to specify where I want the vserver). Whe traffic comes in to this vserver, will the CSM appropriately switch traffic to both vservers? I think it will but don't have access to a csm right now to mock it up.
Thanks
Adam

You cannot have 3 vlans configured in bridge mode with all vlans using same address space.
You can use mixed mode to achieve your goal.
It is possible to have Vlan 10 and Vlan 11 in bridge mode and at the same time have VLAN 12 (for example) in the routed mode.
- Traffic from vlan 10 to vlan 20 is bridged
- Traffic from vlan 10 to vlan 12 is routed
where Vlan 10&20 belong to same subnet and Vlan 12 is in different subnet.
Syed

CSM Bridge Mode Vserver Redirect

I have a CSM in bridge mode, the MSFC in on the client side.
vlan 28 client
ip address 192.168.29.253 255.255.254.0
gateway 192.168.28.253
vlan 173 server
ip address 172.17.3.8 255.255.255.0
alias 172.17.3.5 255.255.255.0
vlan 163 client
ip address 172.17.3.8 255.255.255.0
gateway 172.17.3.1
I want to have a VIP on the 28 vlan and redirect to a VIP on the 163 vlan. I'm not sure how to do that. Plus this is all netbios, so could I do it with a virtual x.x.x.x any
or do I have to specify tcp 137,138,139,445...
any ideas would be great...thanks

how can you redirect netbios traffic ???
We can use HTTP redirect but I don't think this works for Netbios - correct me if I'm wrong.
Therefore, I don't see how you can do a redirect.
Moreover, why would you want to redirect to another vip ?
As long as the traffic is coming to the CSM why don't you simply loadbalance to the end server ????
Thanks,
Gilles.

Http secure-server on 887VA in bridge mode

I'm setting up an 887VA to bridge between vlan1 and the atm0 interface. For remote management and to access the https for web management on this device, can I pop one of the 4 fe interfaces into a different vlan to assign it an IP address?
Not critical, but since you can't assign individual fe interfaces to the bridge group, it would be nice.
TIA
Jason

HI Gilles,
this is quite confusing as I learnt in a workshop with some Cisco SEs that the CSM is bridging all traffic which is not destined to a VIP if you do bridged mode. I agree with you that you realy need the predictor if you are running secure/routed mode.
However Chi Wang (I hope that's your forename):
In regards of your first question:
I think nothing has to be done to get the reals directly the only thing which has to be ensured it that they are plugged in the correct vlan and reside in that vlan.
In regards of your second question:
Have you checked if the routing from the servers to the GW is done correctly (towards a gateway in the Layer3 subnett?)
Btw are the servers connected in the server vlan?
Have you done a ping from the MSFC towards the servers?
have you done a traceroute from the servers to the destination you want to reach? Where does the traceroute stop?
Some additional questions from my side:
You set up the CSM in bridged-mode however the reals could be on a different LAyer3 hop? What's your topologiy maybe you can give us a hint of how you config looks like and what's the topology.
Kind Regards,
Joerg

How to Configure Transparent caching on Cat 6500 with CSM in routed mode

I am trying to configure Transparent caching on Cat 6500 with CSM in routed mode, but facing some problems in it , also I have gone thru the example config on cisco site for transparent caching using CSM on Cat 6500 , but the above does not fit my clients requirement.
The scenario is like
Access Switches - Cat6500 with MSFC & CSM - Internet Router
|
Cache Engines and Real servers
The clients as well as real servers are on seperate VLANs (L3) and the requirement is to load balance the internet traffic using cache engines.
I'd really appreciate any helpful suggestions or any useful links/docs/info on this.
Thanks
kumar

Hello Joerg,
Thanks for the reply.
I have already gone thru the sample config shown by this weblink, however this link refers to configuring transparent caching on the CSM in BRIDGED MODE ( i.e both the client and server vlans are having the same IP address ) but in our case , we have multiple L3 VLANS on the CAT6509 having IP addresses in different SUBNETS , and the Real servers to be used for caching also exist on one of these VLANS. Thus, the scenario described by the Weblink does not apply here. Also , in the configuration referred by the above weblink, the VLAN 100 is configured as client , however the endusers are shown to be on vlan200 which is configured as SERVER VLAN in the CSM.
Dont you think there is something wrong here, I mean the endusers should be on VLAN 100 (Client) and real servers on VLAN 200 (SERVER).
So, I have to configure CSM in routed mode ( i.e both the client and server vlans will have seperate IP addresses in different subnets ) and the endusers will be on all VLANS .
Pls let me know , how I can implement this solution.
Thanks again
Sudhir

Trouble with bridge mode and port forwarding

I have a Westell Model 6100F DSL modem in bridge mode into my network and I'm having trouble forwarding ports. Is there any general guidance available to do this. I have set many of my friends networks up to allow port forwarding but all have been on other service providers, mainly cable. (my experience) My network is the only one I have had trouble with.
Basically, my question is, while in bridge mode, does the modem forward all incoming traffic to my NAT router or do I need to apply special port forwarding settings in the modem to allow this?
If bridge mode is the reason I cannot forward the ports, can someone explain how to set the WEstell 6100F back to factory defaults so I can start over.
Any other suggestions?
Thanks in advance.
Paul

If bridge mode is set up correctly, your router should be holding the Public IP address (basically not something that is a 192.168 address) as shown at http://www.whatismyip.com/ and compared against what IP your router has.
If your router has the public IP, all problems lie with either your router or your PC's firewall and configuration. I'd check out portforward.com for some guides on forwarding ports for your router or poarticular application if you need some additional help.
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