RE: Server Settings

[email protected] (Mike Dippel)
Newsgroups alt.bbs.mystic
Organization Agency HUB, Dunedin - New Zealand
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 4/12/2023 6:41 PM, Al wrote to Mike Dippel:

-> > I set up a Mystic site on a home computer.  I am using dynu to manage my 
-> dns
-> > settings.  I have the A records pointing to the computer and I can reach 
-> the
-> > site from any computer only if I use the Public IPv4 address of 
-> 65.33.217.110
-> 
-> > The domain name of mystic-hobbies.com doesn't connect.
-> 
-> > Do I have to configure something in the Mystic server setup that will 
-> allow
-> > it to be reachable?
-> 
-> When I lookup the ip address of mystic-hobbies.com with host it says the ip
-> address is 192.168.1.8.
-> 
-> That is a private ip on your lan, no one outside of your lan will be able to
-> connect with that.
-> 
-> If you can adjust the dns settings for mystic-hobbies.com to point to
-> 65.33.217.110 instead of 192.168.1.8 it should work.

I tried to duplicate what I use for my hobbylinebbs.com which has a private IP 
address 
of 192.138.210.146  That address reaches the site without any problem, but I 
will give it 
a try.

Thanks.

Mike Dippel
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