Oct 1st, 2011, 6:14 PM
I have found the answer after a couple of weeks of reading and asking questions so i thought i would share.
As Ben said there has to be a public facing to the internet, although there is another part that must be met.
The most important is that you must have hardware that supports NAT loopback.
When i tested at home i have a cable modem that is a basic bridge and with a little luck i have a router that supports NAT loopback.
At the office we have a DSL modem/router that does not support NAT loopback. So I called my DSL provider and got help to configure our modem/router to operate in bridged mode and used a the same router that i have at home. Also take note even though router models may be the same they might have different hardware versions as did mine, I found a custom firmware that allowed me to turn on the feature.
As Ben said there has to be a public facing to the internet, although there is another part that must be met.
The most important is that you must have hardware that supports NAT loopback.
When i tested at home i have a cable modem that is a basic bridge and with a little luck i have a router that supports NAT loopback.
At the office we have a DSL modem/router that does not support NAT loopback. So I called my DSL provider and got help to configure our modem/router to operate in bridged mode and used a the same router that i have at home. Also take note even though router models may be the same they might have different hardware versions as did mine, I found a custom firmware that allowed me to turn on the feature.