Routing / Fowarding

[midnight_t]

Hey all.. I have a slight problem with my computer not accepting incoming
connections or stopping at one of my ISP's servers at least..

Basically, I have set up an IRC server which is configured correctly, I can
connect to it, other servers can link with it etc.. But if anyone tries to
connect to it they get a connection refused message.. I have forwarded the
port 6667 which is the port clients connect through.. They have tried both my
internal and external IP address.

So I asked somebody who knows a lot more about computers than myself.. They
then proceeded to try ping my external IP.. Which was unsuccessful. After
this they did a trace route which would not go any further than one of
BigPonds Victorian servers.

I will copy command prompts IPCONFIG table:


Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : sa.bigpond.net.au
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 121.223.151.163
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 121.223.151.164


Here are the results I get from a route print command:

===========================================================================
Interface List
0x1 ........................... MS TCP Loopback interface
0x2 ...00 16 17 9d ad bd ...... VIA Compatable Fast Ethernet Adapter -
Packet Sc
heduler Miniport
0x10004 ...00 0b 23 f4 fe 01 ...... Speedstream Ethernet USB Adapter -
Packet Sc
heduler Miniport
===========================================================================
===========================================================================
Active Routes:
Network Destination Netmask Gateway Interface Metric
0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 121.223.151.164 121.223.151.163 30
121.223.151.0 255.255.255.0 121.223.151.163 121.223.151.163 30
121.223.151.163 255.255.255.255 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 30
121.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 121.223.151.163 121.223.151.163 30
127.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 1
224.0.0.0 240.0.0.0 121.223.151.163 121.223.151.163 30
255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 121.223.151.163 2 1
255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 121.223.151.163 121.223.151.163 1
Default Gateway: 121.223.151.164
===========================================================================
Persistent Routes:
None


He said his trace on my IP stops here:
CPE-61-9-135-133.vic.bigpond.net.au [61.9.135.133


I use Windows XP Pro with a Siemens Speedstream 4200 (Tesltra default for
ADSL..) Please let me know if I have not provided enough information =)

I am quite a n00b at these things so any help is greatly appreciated..

Cheers, midnight_tiger.