SetiQueue & Linksys

[AudiMan]

Anyone here know if it would be easy to set up a public SetiQueue Server with a Linksys router? I am willing to set one up for anyone who needs WU's, but Can't seem to figure it out since my SetiQueue Server machine gets a 192.168 IP address.

[Lonely Raven]

You need to have a static IP with your ISP.

And you need a NAT (Network Address Translation).

One of the more experienced guys might be able to give you
more tips then that.

[AudiMan]

Woops, I totally forgot about having to have a static IP. I don't think my ISP provides them. Thanks anyways though.

[Jon]

You will need a static IP and know what it is.

You will need to open the port on the router that you will be using for SETIQueue. If 5517 (default), then open 5517 on the router.

You will then need to forward all requests sent to YOUR.IP.ADDRESS:5517 to the static IP address of the SETIQueue server on your network.

For example, my SETIQueue server is on local IP 192.168.0.4 and it is set statically. So on my router I map all requests to port 5517 to IP 192.168.0.4.

Externally, those that want to connect to your server will use the proxy setting of YOUR.TRUE.IP.ADDRESS:5517 and the router will receive those requests and send them directly to the internal IP address that you mapped to that port.

May sound complicated but it's not as routers normally have very simplistic settings to do everything with. Will probably be self-explanatory if you have a web-based configuration for your router.

[AudiMan]

I've got the Linkss BEFSR41 and 81. they both have the web based settings and I've used it before. I think I know what you're trying to tell me. I'll give my ISP a call tomorrow and see if they provide static IP's

[bbdd]

to save the extra cost most isp's charge for a fixed ip (if they offer it at all), you could try a dynamic dns service instead of a fixed ip address. i have used no-ip.com for a while to connect via pcanywhere to a remote machine with a dynamic ip address.

although i have not tried this with setiqueue, i dont see why it wouldnt work. instead of an ip address in your -proxy parameter, clients trying to connect would use the domain name you set up with no-ip (or whichever service you choose). something like

-proxy audiman.no-ip.com:5517

this would re-direct them to whatever your dynamicically assigned address was at the moment.

does anyone know if the proxy parameter requires an ip address or if a domain name will work?

[Lonely Raven]

I've used a domain name to get out of a building with a Proxy,
but I've never used one to get into a network.

I'll have to check out that NoIP.com thing you were talking about.
If I can figure it out, I'll pass on the info here on the web board.
I was thinking about how to VNC or Remote Admin from work
to check up on my farm, but I too don't have a static IP. So if
there was a way I could fake a static IP, then I'd get the rest
of it going, and I could write up an article on how to setup a
SETIcue.

[AudiMan]

Thanks for the advice. I'll lookinto the pricing.