could it be my os?

[ianesq]

ok. will do that. thanks and i'll post back whatever their reply is.

thanks again

[ianesq]

ok. i've finally talked to the sysadmin of my isp. according to the guy there should be no problem whatsoever. but he said i should install iss for it to work. and as far as i know iss is only available in winxp pro and not home.

anyway, i'll try installing xp pro on a spare hard drive and see what happens. in the mean time, i'm still hoping anyone here is using my brand and model of router who successfuly got it to work.

best regards

[rejetto]

IIS ? that guy thought you don't have the server software, and that's not true, you have HFS.

ok, maybe reinstalling will fix the problem, who knows.

[Guest]

192.168.0.1 is your computer not your router address ?
This is what running ipconfig /all in the Windows run/command tells you ?
According to Port Foward.com the address used to access your router ZyXEL Prestige 643
is 192.168.0.1 or 192.168.1.1 , they're saying thats the router address, and I've never
heard of a router changing its address. (yet!-this may be a first)
Strange....
http://192.168.0.1 or http://192.168.1.1 in your browser doesn't bring up your router
log in?

[ianesq]

@guest
your talking about the default. as portforward.com implied, by default its... and yes, its a first for me too if it changed by itself.

best regards

[ianesq]

btw, will my site supposedly be accessed immediately or do i have to wait for hour for my ip to propagate in the net?

[rejetto]

immediately

[~GeeS~]

@guest
your talking about the default. as portforward.com implied, by default its... and yes, its a first for me too if it changed by itself.

best regards

@ianesq
You asked for help, so at least you could answer the following questions:
Q: Did you read the manual? http://www.zyxel.com/DownloadLibary_ShortName/P-643/user_guide/P-643_2.50.pdf

Q: Can you acess your router on the web interface at 192.168.1.1 ?
    "3.1 ... factory preset is 192.168.1.1 ...."

Q: Can you acces the web interface, the default password is 1234?

Q: What is the IP address assigned by the DHCP server for the PC HFS is running on"...starting from 192.168.1.33...to 192.168.1.64"? WinXP: Start, Run: cmd: ipconfig /all

Q: Did you read chapter 3.14.2 and following?

Q: What is the IP address in the router web interface menu 4 -Internet Access Setup-, (this is your outside address)?

If you want to get answers, you should also supply the information to help...

[ianesq]

Did you read the manual? http://www.zyxel.com/DownloadLibary_ShortName/P-643/user_guide/P-643_2.50.pdf

yup. i try to do everything on my own and by reading posts before asking for help. this avoids asking questions that have already been answered.

Can you acess your router on the web interface at 192.168.1.1 ?
    "3.1 ... factory preset is 192.168.1.1 ...."

yes. i have changed the lan ip to 192.168.254.253. so the default no longer works.

Can you acces the web interface, the default password is 1234?

yes but not 1234 since my isp changed the password. i just used it's mac id instead.

What is the IP address assigned by the DHCP server for the PC HFS is running on"...starting from 192.168.1.33...to 192.168.1.64"? WinXP: Start, Run: cmd: ipconfig /all

dhcp has been disabled.

Did you read chapter 3.14.2 and following?

yup. i dont have to do anything there because my isp configured it for me.

What is the IP address in the router web interface menu 4 -Internet Access Setup-, (this is your outside address)?

you mean my wan ip?

If you want to get answers, you should also supply the information to help...

sorry. i thought i already did on my first and follow-up posts.

anyways, i've already requested my isp to change my router settings to a modem type. i guess this eliminates the port forwarding matter. i'll try later tonight what happens.

thanks all

[~GeeS~]

"anyways, i've already requested my isp to change my router settings to a modem type. i guess this eliminates the port forwarding matter. i'll try later tonight what happens."
I do not understand this request. Can your ISP change your router settings??!!
After having read the manual and this thread over again, i would do the following:
1. fully reset the zyxel modem/router to the factory defaults (make sure you've a  backup of the data provided by your ISP like pwd, primary and secondary DNS, protocol type in case this is not managed automatically with booting up the router
2. After the reboot check that you've connectivity to the Internet.
3. Keep DHCP for assigning the IP adresses of your machine(s) DHCP=Server Chapter 3.8
4. Choose SUA  chapter 3.14
5. Chapter 3.15 is the portforwarding stuff: find the ip of the PC running HFS, if you have only one machine connected it should be 192.168.1.33 assigned by DHCP of your router.
The list of page 3-19 should read:

   Menu 15 - SUA Server Setup

   Port#     IP Address
    80        192.168.1.33

(you now have forwarded port 80 from the WAN side of your router to port 80 of the PC with ip 192.168.1.33, where HFS should listen and serve the requests)
6. Run HFS on port 80
8. Change any settings in the router back to your needs.
If this does not work, check/update the firmware of your router.

[ianesq]

yey!

everything is finally ok! my isp just changed the settings of my router to bridge. whew! thanks guys for your patience and advices.

crappy thing about this setup is i can only use 1 pc at a time. but thats ok

thanks again.

[~GeeS~]

Nice to hear 

But now you have to buy a new router to get more PCs connected to the Internet.
Nice ISP you have  : AFAIK, bridging just deactivates the router functionality of your Zyxel ADSL-modem-router.
But if you can live with that it's fine, but i would try to figure it out ...