Flash media server only works local on server

i just installed a developers version of the flash media
server on a windows server.
i don't have any problems while starting my applications on
the server itself.
the problem only appears when i try to connect from a
different computer which is not located in this network,
at least a connection from "outside".
there is no firewall right now on that server that this can't
be the problem.
when starting the media server by the managment console i
also do login with the domain-name of the server and not with
localhost...locally all is working well...but not from outside.
i also try to test port 1935, 443 and 80, but none succeed
from outside.
what i also tried is to run a version of the flash
communication server 1.5 on my home pc also running a windows
server. in this case i had the same problems: could only get a
connection locally but not from outside...i.e. the connection to
the server failed.
anyone an idea?

FMS3 is officially support on Windows 2003 server &
RHEL-4 only.

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