ActionTec GT701-WG Port Forwarding

So I was trying to activate port 80 forwarding on my ActionTec GT701-WG. Even though the web interface on router was very intuitive, I would only see the router web page when trying my IP Address. why?why?

Finally, in 2 places on internet (*quotes below), and found that “The unit does not support loop out connection services.” I also emailed Actiontec support which very responsively answered me below within 24 hours - with an automated email which indicates how often they get this question.**
**My email to Actiontec support:

You wrote:
Port Forwarding does not seem to work. Port 80 forwarding only goes to
GT701 page. Any suggestions?

The reponse to this issue is below:
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Forwarding port 80 will work, but you cannot check or test it from within your net work, it will always show the modems page, because it is on port 80. You must test the web server from outside of your network.i.e.

Have a friend test it, some PC out on the Internet.

Current Solution
If you want to see your site from your internal network, add the site name and internal ip to your /etc/hosts (or Windows hosts file) file of each machine you to be able to see the site.

Actiontec Docs for Qwest DSL Users

http://www.qwest.com/internethelp/modems/gt701/index.html (GT701)
http://www.qwest.com/internethelp/modems/gt701-wg/index.html#general (GT701-WG)

ActionTec Links

• http://www.linuxquestions.org/hcl/showproduct.php/product/1350
• http://www.actiontec.com/

How to set up a Home Web Server

• Great howto Article in August Redhat Magazine http://www.redhat.com/magazine/022aug06/features/webserver/
• http://www.dslwebserver.com/
• And you will need www.zoneedit.com

How to set a static IP address on your web server in a mixed DHCP/Static network

• Set DHCP server to serve at a number (say 192.168.0.101)
• configure your web server to a static ip and dns (copy from others) at an IP Address below the DHCP starting point.
• that’s it!

How To automatically update zonedit.com with a Dynamic IP Address change

1. Create an update script
2. Set up a crontab to run it nightly

# ding dong wake up - ping ZoneEdit with IP address
ping -c2 dynamic.zoneedit.com
lynx -source -auth=username:password 'http://dynamic.zoneedit.com/auth/dynamic.htm
l?host=www.sitename.com'


The specs for this script are at http://www.zoneedit.com/doc/dynamic.html#faq11

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