Re: [PLUG] Recommendation for a hosted server service

[Martin Cracauer via plug <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>]

Steven Grunza via plug wrote on Mon, Oct 25, 2021 at 11:03:14AM -0400: 
> I've been trying to set up a server for the last few months with no
> success.  The server is working as expected but is not accessible from the
> 'Net.
> 
> Everything works within my network and the server can access services
> outside of my home network but no traffic ever reaches my server from
> outside my network, at least none that Wireshark can see.

First order of business is check your router (if any) and see whether
you need to turn on port forwarding in there.

Second order of business is checking different ports (with netcat or
whatever) to see which ports are blocked incoming.  Port 80 is a good
blocking candidate, but what about random ports? If you can reach no
ports it probably isn't port blocking.

Portn 443 is actually more useful than 80 now that you can get free
certificates from letsencrypt.

Martin
 
> It looks like Comcast is "protecting" me from outside traffic reaching my
> server.  This is probably not a bad thing for most people but in my case
> I'm trying to experiment with IoT devices accessing my server over the
> internet/cellular network.
> 
> I have spent several hours on multiple days with Comcast tech support
> trying to get this sorted out but so far have had no luck.
> 
> Does anyone have recommendations for hosting services that are low cost?
> I'm only working on Proof-of-Concept stuff so the overall data amounts and
> number of devices is rather low.
> 
> 
> Steven G.

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