[ubuntu-uk] open/forward port 5500 (for gitso)

[Harry Rickards]

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doug livesey wrote:
> Brilliant -- cheers for all those replies, I reckon I know what to do
> next time my brother comes online & needs help.
> (Although I might be back, yet!)
> Cheers again,
>    Doug.
> 
> 2009/4/17 Michael G Fletcher <michael at ilovemylinux.com
> <mailto:michael at ilovemylinux.com>>
> 
>     On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 3:29 PM, doug livesey <biot023 at gmail.com
>     <mailto:biot023 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>     > Hi -- there was a thread recently during the course of which someone
>     > recommended gitso, and several people appeared to be converted on
>     the spot!
>     > I'm after following the advice there, now, but am stuck on the bit
>     where I'm
>     > supposed to "open/forward" port 5500.
>     > Basically, I haven't a clue how to.
>     > Could someone advise me on how they did it / where I should look
>     to learn?
>     > Thanks,
> 
>     Basic instructions - I did this for the a sky router, but hopefully
>     will be vaguely similar for any other one.
> 
>     1 - Log into your router's administration site
> 
>     2 - Look for something relating to "services"
> 
>     3 - Add a new service, if it asks for a beginning and end port, you
>     can just select 5500 for both.
> 
>     4 - If you are using DNS to assign IP addresses to your local network,
>     you may want to check this section and try to reserve an IP address
>     for the machine you want to use Gitso on - this will mean that the
>     firewall will use the same IP address to send the gitso information
>     to.
...

I know I'm being a bit picky, but wouldn't it be DHCP (Dynamic Host
Configuration Protocol) that assigns the IP addresses, rather than DNS
(Domain Name System)? DNS might assign local domain names to the IP's
though.

Thanks
Harry
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